Me and the wife both said they were much more prevelant when we were kids than they are today...in the summer time I mean.
2007-05-13 14:56:56 · 16 answers · asked by Steelhead 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
good point about location...we both grew up in small towns (her in upstate ny and me in cocoa beach)and now live in Orlando metro area...that probably explains it..
2007-05-14 09:43:49 · update #1
Maybe it is the area that you live in.
I live in the country in Pa. and I was raised in the country in Ohio....I see no significant lessening of them here.
2007-05-13 15:00:56 · answer #1 · answered by missellie 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on where you live. In the city yes we hardly saw any but we moved to the country a few years ago and we have one area of our property we call firefly alley because of how many lighening bugs we have in that area. We can sit in our family room with all the lights off and watch them. It is very neat. Make a trip to the country one warm summer evening hopefully it will bring you back lots of good memories.
2007-05-13 22:03:42 · answer #2 · answered by Jana 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just discussing that last night. I remember catching a pint jar full of them under my grandparent's apple trees when I was a child. Hard to find a pint jar full in a week now. I understand that their eggs are very sensitive to CO2 in the invironment and fewer eggs are hatching these days.
2007-05-13 22:12:58 · answer #3 · answered by PartyTime 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're right ... I rarely see any lightening bugs anymore. If I do, it's one or two. I remember looking across the yard at night and seeing dozens.
Everything seems to be flying the coop ... the year my husband and I moved into our home, there were mole crickets everywhere. I remember thinking they were really creepy looking... now we haven't seen one in about 13 years.
2007-05-13 22:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by Lirrain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They came out last summer at my Aunts place in the Southeastern US. She said the same thing and they came out at a different time of year than they used to as well.
2007-05-13 22:01:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The areas where they frequent are becoming more urbanized
They are still prevalent in the country. I went through a swarm about a mile long they were everywhere....
2007-05-13 22:25:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not here (Ontario). Last summer some nights they were all over. I don't remember catching that many as a kid. Not as many frogs though.
2007-05-13 22:02:19 · answer #7 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not only that, but also some other forms of life. My Uncle is raising pheasants. I asked why & he said there are no more here. I'm going to raise them & release them!
2007-05-13 22:02:16 · answer #8 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,I used to catch them and put them in a jar and use them as a night light when I was a kid.
2007-05-13 22:04:21 · answer #9 · answered by gerdie65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes,now that you mention it. There are also less crickets. Mother nature trying to tell us something?
2007-05-13 22:00:57 · answer #10 · answered by i had to go im so sorry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋