Blinkies.

[pyat]

I am unsure if we have always had fireflies in the area and I just haven't noticed them, or whether they've moved in this summer. In any case, there they are. There were a couple in my backyard just now. The first I've seen locally in as long as I can remember.

It is also possible that catsarah's advice to pay closer attention to things while walking has paid off.

Fireflies are neat.

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[shadow-maze.livejournal.com]

The fireflies are BACK, or that is how I see it.

I also grew up in the east end of Hamilton, but I have very clear memories of fireflies from my youth. I can even remember catching them in jars in my parents backyard.

But it was only one warm summer two or three years back, upon seeing some flash in my own garden, that I realized I had not seen them for many, many years, possibly twenty or more years.

At the time, I speculated they were recovering from some sort of environmental devastation, like some insecticide no longer popular had taken most of them out for a while. Or maybe they go on some long boom/bust cycle like other insects do.

Anyway, yes, we've a lot of fireflies now, and very nice to see them flashing through the flowers out back.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I just read that their population declined because of light pollution. They were tricked into thinking it was day, and wouldn't flash, and therefore wouldn't mate.

I saw the first few last night in a garden with those solar moon lights, a kind that changed colour every few seconds. Maybe the rise in moon light use in gardens everywhere is putting them in the mood?