Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 22:43     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Mine do
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 22:29     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Anonymous wrote:Fireflies lay their eggs in damp soil under leaf litter. When you were growing up did people bag and eradicate every leaf that fell? They sure seem to now. Also spraying for mosquitos kills everything. We still get fireflies but most of our neighbors don't.


This! We get many in our yard but the immaculate yards do not. We also get more birds and butterflies.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 22:26     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
My 9yo caught 5 or 6 yesterday in DC proper in our tiny front yard. Fireflies are out and about at dusk, and kids definitely still enjoy catching them.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 22:23     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Yes, we have them in Kensington in MoCo.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 22:13     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
When you spray to kill mosquitoes, you kill fireflies. It’s not surprising that silver spring and Tacoma park are seeing them but Fairfax is not.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 22:10     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Just saw some tonight in my yard in Potomac! My kids are long grown but I've seen the neighbor's kids catching them recently.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 21:43     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
DS and the neighborhood kids were all running around our yard tonight trying to catch them!
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 21:41     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
We moved her 40 years ago, lots of them. Now I can't remember seeing one in years.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 21:21     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
That was my whole childhood. I used to catch bugs in jars and make terrariums. I used to catch spiders and bring them in the house. Mom thought I was craxy
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 21:15     Subject: Re:Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Yes, here in Takoma Park - every summer.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 21:09     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
I was outside a couple of nights ago with my kids and some of their friends. I caught a firefly and the friend reacted like I performed witchcraft 🤣. They had obviously never caught fireflies before.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 20:54     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Fireflies lay their eggs in damp soil under leaf litter. When you were growing up did people bag and eradicate every leaf that fell? They sure seem to now. Also spraying for mosquitos kills everything. We still get fireflies but most of our neighbors don't.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 20:51     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Just saw some taking the trash out, but the kids are headed to bed.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 20:38     Subject: Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Three things I rarely see anymore are lightning bugs, butterflies, and stars. Strange times we are living in. I am 46, and all three were very common sightings when I was a child.
Anonymous
Post 06/13/2024 19:48     Subject: Re:Do kids still chase and catch lightning bugs?
Still? I was born in '76 and never did this.