Firefly populations are declining. These tips can help you turn your yard into an inviting habitat for the bioluminescent stars of summer.
- Don’t use pesticides
- Reduce or eliminate outdoor lighting
- Create habitat
1 is a no-brainer.
2: Artificial lighting will confuse lightning bugs or prevent them from mating, since females need to see that fancy swoopy-light dance to find a mate. When they don’t mate, you lose out on the next generation.
3: I’ve had success in my yard because I’ve carved garden beds out in my lawn where I’ve planted a lot of different native plants, and I try to only minimally disturb the beds throughout the year, so lightning bug larvae have free reign in the leaf litter in fall and winter
Of course they’re declining human children hunt them for their luminescence
That’s a very very tiny part of the problem for fireflies
I’m sorry but you are misinformed
I’m sorry. But you are insane if you think some kids putting a few fireflies in a jar come anywhere near the negatives of loss of habitat, pollution, and disruption of the food chain.
Math is fun. Try it some time.
The user you replied to might be correct but I don’t have any data just personal observation. Human children these days poke holes in the top of their jars which allows them to extend the life of the light source.
