The whole reason I created this thread was because there were many this evening, more than I’d seen in several years here.
We had a wet spring so had a good year for lightning bugs. Our house is surrounded by permanent cow pasture with some low ground, and trees in the fenceline. We still see lots of them for now. We don’t spray or mow the pasture ... barely mow the yard ;)
Lots where I live as well. There are stories of a global decrease in fireflys which suggests some diease process. These population fluxuations are always blamed on people in the same way as global warming (and give more money and power to enviromentalists!)
There was a global decrease in many frog species which was caused by a fungus. Populations have rebounded by natural selection.