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@gahlearner Fireflies are a memory from childhood, summer camps, trips, & maybe—I'm not sure—in my neighborhood. As an adult I've rarely seen fireflies and thought they were nonexistent in my region. Until a few years ago when I found out that an always accessible state park on the northeast corner of my county is a firefly habitat. They emerge around early April & are gone by May. (The rest of the year I understand they're glowworms in the ground.) It's a magical spring ritual.

@RMiddleton

Thank you! That's interesting. We have fireflies too, but they are beetles, and we call them glow worms. They cam be seen between June and August, or a bit earlier, nothing is certain any more, it's warmer overall. Between field and creek, where I live, many could be seen, not so many any more recently, perhaps it's too dry, or too many pesticides, or too much light. People with their stupid flickering LED lights in their gardens don't only disturb birds. Sorry, ramble rant...