[Corrie22]

Here's you guys the firefly spotter map from the Museum of Science...
...change the year and month at the top of the map

https://legacy.mos.org/fireflywatch/..._explore_data#

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Rabflmom

We don't seem to have fireflies on the East coast. In 40 years I think I have only seen them a few times here
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That's so sad.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by LifeIsGood01

I remember seeing them in the northeast on summer nights a few decades ago when I was a kid, but then they disappeared. We called the lightning bugs when we were kids.

We called them lightning bugs, too.

We've hijacked a thread! Oh, no!

I've noticed that a lot of things mentioned (birds, reptiles, and animals) can be found in many other places. The OP didn't say that they had to only be found in Florida or the deep South, but I thought that was the point.

[FLHfan]

I didn't have cougars or bobcats roaming the streets until I moved to Florida. It's a little creepy walking after dark with alligators and other wildlife around that could attack and eat me.

[Travelassie]

Originally Posted by lluvia

2 legged varmints.
Actually, I have seen them in other places but there's more of them in Florida.

Yeah, moving to FL at the rate of about 800 a day. Or so it has been reported. Something about being tired of snow and cold weather.

[Corrie22]

The annual migration of the Winnebagos.....magnificent beasts

[ByeByeLW]

In summer you may see fireflies in mangrove estuaries. At least that’s where I see them.

There’s a natural area off of A1A in Ocean Ridge that has them. They turn the walkway into a beautiful path lined with tiny lights!

[Rabflmom]

Originally Posted by Gerania

That's so sad.

I saw them last summer in Illinois but there are less of them even up there. If I remember correctly from when I lived up there in the 1970s, the lightning bugs were almost wiped out because of a study. I think people were paid to catch them and send them in for cancer research .

[ByeByeLW]

Originally Posted by FLHfan

I didn't have cougars or bobcats roaming the streets until I moved to Florida. It's a little creepy walking after dark with alligators and other wildlife around that could attack and eat me.

Do you mean human cougars???

[LifeIsGood01]

Originally Posted by FLHfan

I didn't have cougars or bobcats roaming the streets until I moved to Florida. It's a little creepy walking after dark with alligators and other wildlife around that could attack and eat me.

It's scary when you have dogs too. I have 2 small dogs and if I let them out at night I am always near them and have a flashlight and I carry a small knife in my pocket.