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Why fireflies are everywhere this summer
As the early-2000s bop goes, you would not believe your eyes, if 10 million fireflies lit up the world as I fell asleep. While 10 million may not be the exact number of the summer staple lighting up the sky, several states across the country are reporting increased sightings of fireflies–or lightning bugs. “The whole forest was blinking,” Kimberly Mackowski of West Allis, Wisconsin told Wisconsin Public Radio. “It’s like someone put blinking li…
In the Czech Republic, the firefly, popularly known as the locust fly and professionally as the lumberjack, has been declared the insect of the year. Entomologist Albert Francis Damascus explains why we no longer see fireflies as often as they once did, how their larvae can devour a snail, and why in Asia they flicker synchronously. You declared the firefly the Insect of the Year 2025 to warn that the places where they used to shine brightly are…
Published on: 21.07.2025 06:00Author: Elena MateraYour glow enchants summer nights – but fireflies are threatened by light pollution, habitat loss, pesticides and the climate crisis. What we can do to protect them.
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