# First Firefly **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962 "2008-05-04T03:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/1 "2008-05-04T03:14:34Z")
About as mundane and pointless as it comes. Tonight I was out in the pasture feeding the horses and saw the first firefly (or lightning bug) of the year. Long live summer! StG ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/2 "2008-05-04T03:26:00Z")
Where are you? I don’t usually see them until June. ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/3 "2008-05-04T03:30:57Z")
Wow, I haven’t seen a firefly for years. Ah, memories of youth. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/4 "2008-05-04T03:34:03Z")
**Auntie Pam** - I’m in Tennessee, about 50 miles outside of Nashville. **Alpine** - We always get tons of them. Do they not live in CO? StG ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/5 "2008-05-04T03:36:27Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] **Alpine** - We always get tons of them. Do they not live in CO? StG [/QUOTE] I certainly have never seen them since the ol’ summer days in NJ. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/6 "2008-05-04T03:38:32Z")
Saw the first one here night before last. The horses had already been fed, but I was out in the pasture communing with them. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/7 "2008-05-04T04:55:54Z")
Fireflies are one of the things I miss most from Maryland. Although they live in a few places in Arizona, the deserts aren’t one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Rhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/59ef9b/32.png) [@Rhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhubarb)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/8 "2008-05-04T05:03:45Z")
We had a flock (swarm?, glow?) of them show up about 10 days ago. They were pretty scarce in the city, but here a mere 10 miles away, we get tons every spring. I love me some lightning bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/9 "2008-05-04T05:53:08Z")
And here I was all excited about more western/sci fi tv. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/10 "2008-05-04T05:54:51Z")
We had our first single digit temperature morning (9C) a few days ago. Roll on autumn and winter. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/11 "2008-05-04T06:13:59Z")
[QUOTE=StGermain] About as mundane and pointless as it comes. Tonight I was out in the pasture feeding the horses and saw the first firefly (or lightning bug) of the year. Long live summer! [/QUOTE] Gotta see one of those before I die–I live in the Pacific Northwest, generally, and grew up in BC and the Northwest Territories. We just don’t have fireflies here. They sound so magical. I envy you! ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2008, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-firefly/447962/12 "2008-05-04T07:41:31Z")
We went camping a few summers ago and saw tons of the little guys; first ones I had seen in years.