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OriginalGeek

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11. I was born in Florida

Reply to MaryMagdaline (Reply #10)

Thu May 17, 2018, 04:35 PM

May 2018

but I lived in MD for a little while in my youth and visited my cousins many times near Baltimore. Some of my favorite memories were of catching fireflies with them in the summer. I've lived back in FL for almost 40 years and never seen one here.

But I used to see clouds of love bugs everywhere during the love bug season. I can't remember the last time I saw a love bug.

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A question for DUERS from Florida and other warm southern states. [View all] Blue_true May 2018 OP

I have this same thought regularly, although slightly modified ExciteBike66 May 2018 #1

Why are fireflies disappearing? RKP5637 May 2018 #2

Interesting. I noticed from observation, you gave some science. Blue_true May 2018 #4

It's a little early yet in Georgia, after a long cool spell. Orsino May 2018 #3

I didn't notice many last summer, or the one before. Blue_true May 2018 #7

They are less common in Northern Georgia than they were back in the day. dawg May 2018 #5

I'll see the occasional solo lightning bug but not the swarms I saw growing up in Maryland. nt Tommy_Carcetti May 2018 #6

I grew up in upstate New York and I remember them. smirkymonkey May 2018 #8

Urban lights, development, and pesticides do change where they mate/survival rate. Solly Mack May 2018 #9

I saw them as a child in Georgia and Maryland MaryMagdaline May 2018 #10

I was born in Florida OriginalGeek May 2018 #11

Uggh! When the oranges are ripe - driving through MaryMagdaline May 2018 #14

I'm up North (MN), but we have tons of them in summer NickB79 May 2018 #12

I remember them well growing up in PA mcar May 2018 #13