1 posted on
07/25/2025 7:28:56 PM PDT by
kawhill
To: kawhill
What kid isn’t fascinated to discover lightning bugs.
2 posted on
07/25/2025 7:31:47 PM PDT by
ansel12
((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
To: kawhill
3 posted on
07/25/2025 7:32:23 PM PDT by
real saxophonist
(Michael Bennet claps on 1 and 3.)
To: kawhill
They were abundant when I was a child. Rarely see them now.
4 posted on
07/25/2025 7:33:53 PM PDT by
sjmjax
To: kawhill
We had a outdoor gathering and the kids were delighted by the fireflies we had.
5 posted on
07/25/2025 7:34:38 PM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
To: kawhill
Only saw them a couple of times when I was stationed in SW Oklahoma in the 1970’s. They were magical to a city boy like me. They aren’t native to any other place I’ve lived, either before then or after.
6 posted on
07/25/2025 7:38:03 PM PDT by
fidelis
(Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
To: kawhill
They were like the stars in the sky when I was a kid on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. None in New Mexico, and they have dwindled in their habitats.
To: kawhill
They were like the stars in the sky when I was a kid on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. None in New Mexico, and they have dwindled in their habitats.
To: kawhill
ADM is responsible for the decline in fireflies. ADM’s poison is everywhere.
9 posted on
07/25/2025 7:43:00 PM PDT by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: kawhill
Had some fireflies in my Michigan yard around New Baltimore last month, nice to see them.
To: kawhill
Dang!
For a moment, reading the title, I got all excited...
11 posted on
07/25/2025 7:51:27 PM PDT by
SuperLuminal
(Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
To: kawhill
I remember back before they figured out how to make luciferin, scientific chemical companies used to pay Boy and Cub Scouts to catch fireflies. A penny a piece sticks in my mind, but it might have been $1/thousand..
15 posted on
07/25/2025 8:35:40 PM PDT by
VanShuyten
("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable anima)
To: kawhill
We have tons of them in Michigan. They love our heat and humidity.
16 posted on
07/25/2025 8:50:08 PM PDT by
madison10
(You are not required to seot yourself on fire to keep other people warm.)
To: kawhill
An entire article, supposedly dedicated to helping fireflies, informs us that it is a predator, but it doesn’t tell us what their prey needs to eat and breed.
18 posted on
07/25/2025 10:23:11 PM PDT by
Carry_Okie
(The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
To: kawhill
We’ve had a bumper crop this year. Dozens cover our back yard at dusk.
19 posted on
07/25/2025 10:30:29 PM PDT by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
To: kawhill; SamAdams76
I was fortunate to see a LOT of fireflies in rural Connecticut in late June this year. :-)
The best way to see them is to get away from streetlights, etc. and be in a really dark area at night, ie the woods.
20 posted on
07/25/2025 10:40:03 PM PDT by
nutmeg
(The American Flag is my 'pride flag')
To: kawhill
I had never seen a firefly before in my whole 55 years until I picked up a friend in Michigan to drive back to the PNW. I kept thinking I was imagining things. I felt like a little kids trying to catch them. Fascinating bugs.
23 posted on
07/25/2025 11:04:00 PM PDT by
Organic Panic
('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower. )
To: kawhill
Used to see them a lot growing up in North Carolina. My uncle's house had a pine forest behind it and that forest would be filled with fireflies.
I also have a happy memory of being on a layover in Washington DC... our hotel was up near Adams Morgan area and one of my crew mates and I went out for dinner. On our way back, we took a shortcut through an old cemetery and it was filled with fireflies. I was so happy because I had not seen fireflies since I had moved to the west coast. My friend was from Hawaii, so he had never seen them and was mesmerized.
24 posted on
07/26/2025 2:04:14 AM PDT by
ponygirl
(Stay gold.)
To: kawhill
I’m from SoCal, but I was fascinated by firefly’s when we went to Arkansas to visit my mom’s Dad when I was about 11. So very cool to watch. We don’t have them here in SoCal.
I’m sorry to hear that they’re in decline.
25 posted on
07/26/2025 2:10:32 AM PDT by
Bullish
(My tagline ran off with another man, but it's ok---- I wasn't married to it.)
To: kawhill
Ditto seeing them in abundance in Michigan. Both at home (Clinton Twp) and up north (leaving Saganing Eagles Landing Casino last night!)
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