Do you often see fireflies/lightning bugs in the summer where you live?

45 comments

1. In Kentucky yes. In NYC I see cockroaches.

2. Yes. All the time.

3. Nope, never

4. No

5. Sometimes.

6. Not like I used to

7. Fireflies can be found in this area but they are not common.

8. Here in North Texas, I wouldn’t say “often”, but they do come out every now and then. Everyone gets kind of excited to see em.

9. In Maine yes but not so many. In Indiana tons of them.

10. Yes.

11. Not anymore. We learned in 8th grade they were decimated by fire ants. Idk if it’s true.

12. Kentucky here…insane amounts of fireflies.

13. No, not in Seattle.

14. Yes

15. Yes but there aren’t as many as there used to be due to things like increased urban development and light pollution.

16. I don’t think they have them where I live

17. Yes we still see lightning bugs.

18. Yes, all the time. I usually see them in mid-July until early September.

19. Never.

20. Yes but I’ve noticed that they’re progressively becoming less common over the years.

21. None that I’ve ever seen in Florida. When I was a kid in New Jersey I remember seeing them. I’ll gladly trade anyone some love bugs for lightning bugs though.

22. We get lots in my yard. My neighbors who have their yards sprayed for mosquitos don’t get so many fireflies

23. Colorado here, haven’t seen one in 21 years.

24. Not really that common where I live in Florida. I have seen some north of Orlando though, but not that many.

    What we do have near me is bioluminescence. It’s incredible to see in real life

25. Nope. Notta one.

26. Yes, in the late summer

27. Yes

28. We definitely get them but there’s a ton of variation in where there will be lots. I’m in a suburb and my backyard gets hundreds at night, but you can see where they stop at the borders to my neighbor’s yard, and I’m not sure why. I’ve never seen the neighbor spray pesticides or anything.

    My FILs house is in the boonies in MO on a big patch, and they have thousands and thousands at night.

29. Still get them here in western Missouri.

30. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a firefly

31. There where many more when I was a kid but I still see them near water.

32. All summer long. They love my yard.

33. Nope. I did not even notice that they don’t exist here until I went back to visit where I grew up in the midwest during the summer and saw a bunch.

34. Sadly they are not a thing in New Mexico. I have always wanted to see them

35. I saw my very first firefly last year (not in my state)

36. We got them in Louisiana

37. I live in illinois. When I was a kid, there were TONS of fireflies, but now as I get older, and with climate change, I’m seeing less and less fireflies in the summer

38. Mostly while driving. I don’t go outside that often when it’s completely dark because I get decimated by mosquitoes.

39. Yes, many

40. Grew up in Central Iowa and now live in Eastern Iowa. Yes, every summer. They are beautiful.

41. From Pennsylvania. I live in a more rural area, so yes, I see them a lot during late summer; especially while going for a walk at dusk.

42. Yup

43. Nope. Not any here in Northern California as far as I know.

44. We moved from Chicago to Southern Indiana last year and were delighted when they lit up our backyard woods every night for a month.

    Edit: We saw some last weekend!

45. Used to see them a lot in Virginia. We used to catch them and put them in Mason Jars. I’d catch like 50-100 in a single night. Now in the summer I’ll be lucky to see any and when I do it’s only a few of them.

    I don’t hear crickets chirping anymore either.