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FREEDGUY 
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 Topic: Lightning Bug ?
Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 7:52pm |
There's a post on a different forum about lightning bugs (fire flies) that made me take notice, we don't have any around "here" this season  . What have you guys been seeing ?
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Dakota Dave
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 7:53pm |
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We see alot when go walking at dusk
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 8:08pm |
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Used to see them a lot some years, other years not so much, where I grew up. Now living in W Texas, don’t notice them.
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FREEDGUY
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 8:10pm |
There were several replies from your area about an abundance of them, but now that I look out of the window tonight, there's NONE 
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 8:13pm |
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We see them most nights. The girls like to catch and play with them
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 8:28pm |
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We have plenty this year. I can't ever recall there being a bad year for lightning bugs here.
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shameless dude
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 8:34pm |
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sucks around here when driving at night, you don't know if they are the fire flies or deer eyes!
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plummerscarin
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 9:31pm |
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Peak activity was a week or so ago. Recall thinking they weren't as many this year
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Adam Stratton
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 10:03pm |
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I've read they are an innocent victim in so many folks quest for a pretty lawn. Insecticides can kill them, but I heard the grub killers people use to keep moles from digging in their yards are what gets lots of them. Weve still got quite a bit out here in the country in SW MO but doesnt seem like as many as when i was 30 years younger
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Posted: 16 Jul 2021 at 10:35pm |
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They seemed to arrive late this year, 3-4 weeks. but they did arrive. just my perception
Edited by LouSWPA - 16 Jul 2021 at 10:35pm
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DMiller
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Posted: 17 Jul 2021 at 4:50am |
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Ours showed up late(Cooler than normal), then have stayed later than usual, was just watching them last night.
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 17 Jul 2021 at 5:41am |
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neighbours have lots, us next to none, probably cause wife has TWO 'bug zappers' on 24/7......
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Posted: 17 Jul 2021 at 5:55am |
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Ours arrived on time but we had a late cold snap. They’re just coming back. Last weekend they seemed busy.
Not near as many as years back
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nella(Pa)
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Posted: 17 Jul 2021 at 6:13am |
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I use to see many up until the mid 1950ies, then we had to spray the alfalfa fields with heptachlor(and other chemicals after hep. was banned) for spittle bugs, potatoe leaf hopper and whatever insects. At that point in time the lightening bugs disappeared, I have been seeing them again for about the last 8-10 years.
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john(MI)
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Posted: 17 Jul 2021 at 2:09pm |
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I've never noticed a shortage of them any years. I watch them while I'm watching TV. Always been aware of them since they are a unique insect, and bring the stars down to earth on dark summer nights.
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