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minus-squareFreakinSteve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey were everywhere in my old home state. I have not seen them in decades now. I miss them.
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoThey are much less common now. Another ill-communicated effect of climate change
minus-squareAMDIsOurLord@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoNot climate change, artificial illumination. As humanity spreads, it destroys more and more…
minus-squareshasta@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYeah because we have our own light now, so the bugs retired
minus-squareJohnDClay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI think over spraying pesticides also harmed their numbers.
minus-squarefinkrat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-22 months agoThey thrive if you don’t use pesticides and leaf blowers. I have fireflies where I live in CT. Bonus points for letting the grass grow, though that may also attract rodents and look unsightly to the neighbors.
They were everywhere in my old home state. I have not seen them in decades now. I miss them.
They are much less common now. Another ill-communicated effect of climate change
Not climate change, artificial illumination. As humanity spreads, it destroys more and more…
Yeah because we have our own light now, so the bugs retired
I think over spraying pesticides also harmed their numbers.
They thrive if you don’t use pesticides and leaf blowers. I have fireflies where I live in CT. Bonus points for letting the grass grow, though that may also attract rodents and look unsightly to the neighbors.