Fireflies

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by nowhereman

We don't have nearly as many fireflies as when I was young. There were just a few out last night, when there used to be hundreds of them.

When I moved to this location in 1979 there were tons of them. Then they seemed to diminish a little more every year for awhile then the population exploded. They seem to cycle like that but I don't know if it's a know phenomenon or just peculiar to my neighborhood.

Ah Wiki says...

Fireflies hibernate over winter during the larval stage, some species for several years.

Maybe that's why the population fluctuates. Damifino.