# We Got Fireflies! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228 "2013-06-30T01:30:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/1 "2013-06-30T01:30:53Z")
Get out a clean peanut butter jar and go in my back yard, dozens of fireflies! I’ve never seen so many! (Central NY, a very hot and very rainy month). ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/2 "2013-06-30T01:31:37Z")
We have them in Indianapolis too! My grandson’s going out to try to catch some. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/3 "2013-06-30T01:33:28Z")
I’ve only seen three all summer, and one of them was tonight. It’s been a very cool, often wet spring and early summer here in NE Ohio. Not good firefly weather, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/4 "2013-06-30T02:52:51Z")
We’ve had bunches here in NC, they’ve even been staying out when it’s raining. [Here’s my jar full](http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z300/romansperson/House%20and%20Garden/firebug2520shot252003_zpseb02a7b8.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/5 "2013-06-30T03:02:15Z")
Western Pa there were so many last night it was freaky. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/6 "2013-06-30T04:07:43Z")
None in north central Iowa yet. They’re late. We had a cool, wet spring. It doesn’t feel like summer has started yet – we’ve only run the A/C one day. It’s almost July. ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/7 "2013-06-30T04:39:56Z")
I’ve never seen a firefly irl. Jealous fits happen now. ---
**Author:** ![Tikkimouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Tikkimouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikkimouse)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/8 "2013-06-30T05:28:56Z")
Count me as jealous, too. We left Michigan for the Pacific Northwest when I was but a tiny tot. Never seen a firefly, or a cardinal, for that matter. I want to see both someday. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/9 "2013-06-30T15:06:31Z")
let them go and reproduce. i’ve heard they are declining. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/10 "2013-06-30T15:18:11Z")
> [@flatlined](#): > > I’ve never seen a firefly irl. Jealous fits happen now. [Here ya go!](http://www.tysto.com/articles06/pics/serenity.jpg) One summer night last year, I thought it odd that one of our neighbors had a full set, maybe even a double or triple set, of Xmas lights on in one of his trees. Looked just odd enough for me to get out and look closer. FIREFLIES! By the time I came back with my camera, most of them had gone . ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/11 "2013-06-30T17:02:02Z")
We’ve had them for a few weeks here in west central Indiana. We seem to see more of them when the weather is hot and humid. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/12 "2013-06-30T17:29:04Z")
I noticed them here in southern New Hampshire in the past week. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/13 "2013-06-30T17:40:33Z")
I’m in NE Indiana and we hardly had any lightning bugs (get the name right, people! :D) last summer. It was one of the hottest and driest summers on record. This year I’m happy to report they’re back in full force. ---
**Author:** ![Phnord\_Prephect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Phnord\_Prephect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phnord_Prephect)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2013, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/14 "2013-06-30T21:38:59Z")
Ooooh… _Shiny!_ ---
**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:** [July 1, 2013, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-got-fireflies/662228/15 "2013-07-01T01:20:34Z")
My first fireflies were May 25th this year. It’s always a big thing for me. StG