I have lived in the northeast all of my life and used to see them in the city all the time when I was a child. Now I haven't seen them for years and I really miss them. Has anyone seen one lately?
2006-08-17 07:31:51 · 36 answers · asked by Elizabeth S 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
All the time. They're still here. Trust me.
2006-08-17 07:36:54 · answer #1 · answered by Hillary 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about bugs that make things lighter? I have never seen a lightening bug.
However, I have seen lightning bugs as recent as this evening. My son even put some in a jar for while to see how bright it could get and then let them all fly away.
2006-08-17 16:42:20 · answer #2 · answered by idiot detector 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have seen them several times in the summer but always out in the country, never in the city.
2006-08-17 07:38:53 · answer #3 · answered by Txfroggy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're not extinct.
I live in Los Angeles. We had two bouts of aerial spraying for "medflies" in the 1980s. Lots of native insects died and were replaced by other forms. Still, I imagine those native insects are living on, just not in the city.
2006-08-17 07:38:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are alive and well in Kansas. Lightening bugs, a.k.a. fireflies (a regional distinction), like open stretches of grass. In the city they may not be able to find that anymore.
2006-08-17 07:40:54 · answer #5 · answered by schlegeljl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked myself that question the other day. I used to catch them when I was young, and now I have kids I wanted to do that with them, but all summer long we have only seen one, and it was on the verge of death.
2006-08-17 07:37:54 · answer #6 · answered by Not the one for you! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We certainly have a ton of lightning bugs here in Central Ohio. My children still collect them and put them in jars and pretend they are lanterns!
2006-08-17 07:36:58 · answer #7 · answered by finewhatever2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not at all. i just seen some when i went camping during the 4th of july. no worries just go to a more country place on a nice night and they are there in swarms.
2006-08-17 07:38:41 · answer #8 · answered by badgirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come on over, have loads of them here in SC we have 3 acres of woods. tons of lightening bugs.
2006-08-17 07:38:23 · answer #9 · answered by Angela L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still see them in Central Texas, but not as many as when I was small. Kind of a bummer.
2006-08-17 07:41:46 · answer #10 · answered by Texas_Aggie95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I still see a few once in a while but not like it used to be. I live in Gulfport, MS.
2006-08-17 07:37:27 · answer #11 · answered by a_delphic_oracle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋