I used to have a rural property that bordered on a nature preserve. There were so many fireflies you could walk through the forest on a moonless night without a flashlight.
I’ve seen them in the mountains or more wild areas multiple times, both in eastern and western Europe. You have to be outside during the night so most likely camping.
Obviously this is anecdotal, but if I do a road trip in the summer, I have to clean off my windshield every stop for gas because it’s so bad. In the winter, definitely not.
Each summer evening, from dusk till about an hour after sunset, my yard is full of them. By late afternoon, if you look along and underside of folliage adjacent to open areas you can find them ready for the evening. They have a little dance, the steps of which aren’t followed too closely. Let’s see if I can remember it. They stay about 40 cm of the ground and fly up to about 2 meters up. After reaching the apex of their flight they flash their butts, and then proceed downward and slightly forward in a jerking stair-step pattern. The entire time flashing a repeated sequence of flashes the same color as a yellow glow stick. They so this from late spring through summer.
I’m from Switzerland and I’ve seen them here once. They weren’t flying though, only sitting next to a foot path. At first I thought they were just some green/yellow LEDs.
Depends on the area, the US is big. It’s been a while since I’ve been but some areas of Ohio had tons of them every night. I’ve never seen any in the Pacific northwest though. But even that’s a pretty broad region could be some around here I don’t know about
Are fireflies common in the US? Living in Europe, I’ve never seen any…
I see them in my backyard during the summer. It just sort of depends on the area you’re in.
European here, stopped seeing them at the end of 90s, before they were so common, even in city
I used to have a rural property that bordered on a nature preserve. There were so many fireflies you could walk through the forest on a moonless night without a flashlight.
I’ve seen them in the mountains or more wild areas multiple times, both in eastern and western Europe. You have to be outside during the night so most likely camping.
I saw so many growing up in Appalachia!
They were when I was a kid. I haven’t seen them in a long time now though :(
Flying insects in general. When I was a kid I remember so many people’s cars being absolutely caked with dead bugs. It’s not something I see anymore.
Obviously this is anecdotal, but if I do a road trip in the summer, I have to clean off my windshield every stop for gas because it’s so bad. In the winter, definitely not.
Each summer evening, from dusk till about an hour after sunset, my yard is full of them. By late afternoon, if you look along and underside of folliage adjacent to open areas you can find them ready for the evening. They have a little dance, the steps of which aren’t followed too closely. Let’s see if I can remember it. They stay about 40 cm of the ground and fly up to about 2 meters up. After reaching the apex of their flight they flash their butts, and then proceed downward and slightly forward in a jerking stair-step pattern. The entire time flashing a repeated sequence of flashes the same color as a yellow glow stick. They so this from late spring through summer.
I’m from Switzerland and I’ve seen them here once. They weren’t flying though, only sitting next to a foot path. At first I thought they were just some green/yellow LEDs.
Awww, that’s sad! There are plenty here in the region in Italy.
ok moving to Italy right now
Depends on the area, the US is big. It’s been a while since I’ve been but some areas of Ohio had tons of them every night. I’ve never seen any in the Pacific northwest though. But even that’s a pretty broad region could be some around here I don’t know about
makes sense