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Firefly Conservation
Xerces Society Endangered Species Conservation Firefly Conservation ^
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Posted on 07/25/2025 7:28:56 PM PDT by kawhill
Hear the word firefly or lightningbug, and what comes to mind? Warm summer nights? Flickering lights in the encroaching dark? Maybe soft grass underfoot, with children running about? Few species ignite such warm feelings of nostalgia as fireflies.
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TOPICS: Outdoors; Science
KEYWORDS: lightningbug; nights; summer
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posted on
07/25/2025 7:28:56 PM PDT
by
kawhill
To: kawhill
What kid isn’t fascinated to discover lightning bugs.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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: SuperLuminal
The whole reason I created this thread was because there were many this evening, more than I’d seen in several years here.
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posted on
07/25/2025 8:05:45 PM PDT
by
kawhill
("From this mountain, I can see so far rivers running like deep, deep scars". Max McNown)
To: sjmjax
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posted on
07/25/2025 8:14:06 PM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(There's a bike in town that keeps running me over! It's a vicious cycle.)
To: sjmjax
The insects were cancelled by Fox too.
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posted on
07/25/2025 8:27:21 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I refuse to call the left "progressive" because I do not see slavery to the government as progress.)
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..
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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.
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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: All
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.
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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.
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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.
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posted on
07/25/2025 10:40:03 PM PDT
by
nutmeg
(The American Flag is my 'pride flag')
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