Its ofishill! The lightening bugs have arrived in central Illinois.}----))))))*>

Nice pic
Here are someother names
fireflies are known by
in different regions.
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Lots of fireflies, frogs, and crickets here in western Maine

but they look different than the lightning bugs from 20-25 years ago

Just noticed some tiny baby crickets hopping around tonight here in SW Illinois.

Regarding the comment about the weird lightning bugs, we caught one a few nights ago and were taking a real close look at it....looked different. Reminds me of this post a few days back:

Thread: Wierd bugs this year

interesting


no butterflies anymore either

I wish we had them in the NW. Have the lightning bugs been around every year, or have they been absent? Just wondering because for years I haven't heard anyone talk about them and I wondered if they were one of the species that died off.

I think all the crickets got into my place Fish,...They go all night long.

Good to know you are still among the living here.




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Still havent heard the crickets. Frogs alot quieter than last year I know. I loved catching lightening bugs when I was little.

AWWWW! I'm jealous. We don't have them in the Pac. NW. I wonder why. I love them.
I'd visit my family in Minnesota and we'd take them and put them in jars and make "lanterns" then let them all go.

not here yet, but so far wildlife is very active.


not at the local bar, but around the roads/creeks/yards.

happy lightning bugging!


catch one for me.

Got them in SC a few weeks back, out every night

That is definitely a glowing / flying larg mouth bass! Super-fuku-lightning-bug-bass!!! Fuhquin dume ahn!

That's why it says o-fish-ill! I HAVE SOLVED THE DOOM RIDDLE!

Here in MI we have hawks with hypodermic needles but ppl call them mosquitoes...

OP, I'm glad to hear they are still around! I'm from Illinois and now live in the PNW. I went back to Northern IL/Southern WI a few years ago for family and class reunions, and the lightning bugs were prolific that summer.

AC from the NW, I wish we had them here, too! Do you see butterflies or dragonflies where you live?

This is a strange year for bugs and birds, at least in my back yard.

The only birds I am seeing now are starlings, crows, and blue jays. Oh, and occasionally, a hummingbird. The song birds were here early this spring. They usually go away while the starlings are nesting, but then they return after the starlings' young have fledged. They aren't back, yet.

With the bugs, and I use that term broadly, I have not seen butterflies or dragonflies. Very few beetles and spittle bugs. Not too many flies, mosquitos, or gnats. There are some bees here, some that look different. Plenty of earwigs, cabbage moths, aphids, spider mites, snails and slugs, critters I don't necessarily welcome. I had an invasion of ants in the greenhouse a couple of months ago, and yellow jackets scouting out real estate, but they are few and far between now. I have spiders, but I wonder what they feed on with the lack of the other bugs.

For the record, I don't use herbicides or pesticides, but my neighbors do. I have lots of flowers to attract the pollinators, and this is a record good year for flowers. I would like to hear from other gardeners what you are experiencing this year.

We have butterflies and dragonflies, but not that many butterflies. Lots of dragonflies though.

Lot of dragonflies this year

And also lots of snakes

Which makes sense, as dragonflies are Snake Doctors

I love lightening bugs!

Me too!

Time to take notes young GLPers.

These are the most devious threads. Fireflys, lizards, honey bees, links to other "insects looking weird" threads...Complete with kittykat avatars and flower offering gifs. Classic look at this hand while the other hand does this.

Be afraid children.
Be very afraid.

that looks like a large mouth bass with a light up its arse!

considering that the GIF says bassshine...i presume i was correct..lol

Is it time to put on your adult diapers and vomit with fear?

"We have butterflies and dragonflies, but not that many butterflies. Lots of dragonflies though."

Glad to hear it, AC from the NW. I figure most of them hang out by the river.

The good news about living in a less buggy environment is, there are less critters chewing on my tomatoes and zucchinis!

Don't dig to deep today. You may not like what you find. Its all rainbows and unicorns !!

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Naw. Just get outside and look around. Bane in 1.2.3...

They showed up in N IL about a week ago. Right on time. June bugs die off, lightening bugs come out.

Still not many crickets, though.

Sad isn't it? I can remember seeing them all the time. I haven't seen one in years.

please go on. devious?