something i’m curious about: where are you from, and is it normal to see fireflies in the summer?
Auckland New Zealand and HELL NO
my mom lives in NC and during the summer the treeline behind her house lights up with so many fireflies that it looks like flickering stars in a darker part of the night sky
yeah this is my experience, basically a constant lights show in the summer
ive never seen a firefly in my life
in suburban michigan you may see a single firefly at night and it will be a Big Deal. if you go to the more wooded areas, you’ll see them flashing on and off regularly (still not that intense though)
Everywhere in Pennsylvania. They’re actually our state insect.
California
No
Some places have fireflies and some places do not and the places that do not are WRONG AND BAD BECAUSE FIREFLIES ARE WONDERFUL AND AMAZING.
Raising a child in a place that does not have Sufficient Fireflies is basically ALMOST AS TERRIBLE as gendering your child, which is very terrible indeed.
(</sarcasm>. Except about the “gendering children is terrible”. And the “fireflies are awesome”. But it’s okay and not abuse if there are no fireflies, I guess. Even though fireflies are awesome.)
I have seen, like, one firefly (or maybe another luminous flying bug?) every few months in the couple Caribbean countries I’ve lived in. It seems to be completely unrelated to seasons there.
I miss New Jersey’s fireflies. I haven’t seen a firefly since I moved to southern Ontario.
(To be fair, I don’t go out at dusk very often here, so it’s possible there’s some around and they’re just less blatant.)
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