Show of Hands

:O!!! This is where I wish I could use an emoticon...

You have been deprived!

Never...wha....

Me too! It's the best :):):)

There's a short piece on the website www.firefly.org that says it's due to development & human traffic, & light pollution. So not the same honeybees, I guess. But sad. And frankly a little scary.

Thanks, Susan.

Lightning bugs :) yep we call them that sometimes too!

Heavy population this year with all the rain. Great gift time show!

I am from Oregon and I had never seen a firefly until I moved to Nebraska

There's a web site (www.firefly.org) that says fireflies like warm & humid areas, but almost no species are found west of Kansas

We've had so many this summer! I want to say more than usual, but we always have a lot.

We have quite a lot at our house this year. Strange, since you (Kay) and I aren't all that far apart, geographically. The kids frequently go out just before bed to chase them around the yard.

That's unfortunate :( they're great!

Oh please no worries! I'm glad someone posted it!

Haha sorry I stole your question :)

And that's interesting; I didn't know it had to do with humidity, I figured temperature. Cool!

I just assumed they were almost everywhere until we had guests from Cali that were amazed by them!

They're a healthy part of any dog's diet!

Haha poor fireflies :) oh well, your dog can have some...there'll still be plenty left

I don't think it's because they are "tasty". Just because she thinks its a fun game to try and catch them

Yeah I can't imagine they would taste good...

To us no. But there's a lot of things my dog thinks is tasty that I would never put in my mouth...

Haha agreed! My dog eats spiders on occasion. And I'm just like "wtf dog..."

Oooooooohhhhh, ahhhhh.
Rlands like shiny. ;P

Yeah, it's the same where I live. (:

I voted no, I've not seen them here, but maybe I should open my eyes.

Haha MrL

Tom- I don't know if you have them in DE...I'm trying to remember if I've seen them at the beaches or not.