O/T fireflys

[block head]

we had a ton of them in the backyard last night. it's been a while since i've seen fireflys in rochester. growing up , i remember seeing several colors. last night , they were green. has anyone seen different colored fireflys lately ?

 

[mr86mister]

They are crazy this year in my area. There are green and yellow ones. The fields and yards are literally lighting up because of them.

 

[block head]

my grandfather was a genius, he'd pay his kids half a penny apiece ,then let them go. i'm going to try and get rid of some change this summer myself.

 

[Kent D.]

funny you posted this....last nite we were outside near the pool and we noticed them as well. I'm just north of Albany in Clifton Park.

 

[doryarlin955]

was out in Basil Marella park a couple nights ago and they were all over. i dont think ive seen (or noticed) different colored ones ever though

 

[Bluephish13]

i think the green and yellow are fireflies in diff. stages of there life cycle. not sure but i think one of the colors means they are on there way out. lol sorry.

i could be way wrong but i thought i heard this.

 

[Lanceafer]

Huh, I was at my sister's house a couple days ago and we were looking over a large field at the fireflies. everyone there said there were more there than any of us had ever seen before. I would guess there were easily tens of thousands. It was actually quite cool.

 

[block head]

tad would know better, but i remember reading the color and frequency had to do with mating. some even mimic other flys then eat them. i want to say i caught red or orange ones in canada

 

[mr86mister]

Wow, this turns out to possibly be a regional thing. Maybe the entire Northeast is having this. It's pretty cool I wonder if it means anything.

 

[SeaWeed89]

i've noticed a lagre amout also this year i thought they were on there way out like the honey bees but ive seen more of them also this year then the past 5yrs. i think mr86 is right about the northeast. im down in scranton, pa.