All the summer bugs turned up early. Even the lightning bugs were out in force in May, which is unusual. It’s even more unusual given the very cold, late winter that we had.
Now that you mention it — I haven’t seen lightning bug one yet. Which is really weird, but I hadn’t even thought about it.
As to fleas and ticks, it seems we run in cycles around here - I’ll be inundated with ticks, as we currently are, yet a friend 5 miles down the road hasn’t encountered one, but is infested with fleas and I’m not having a problem with them.