[Ditter]

I suspect that all the lighting bugs were caught by kids who then smeared them on their shirts and ran around in the dark. That’s what we used to do. :)

[jmacusa]

Or who would cram a zillion of ‘em into a mayonnaise jar. (like me). There always seemed to me to be something forlorn about the poor things... flashing their little butts looking for a date. Seriously though, I haven't seen one here in southern NJ for years.