Hope this is an acceptable contribution here. I’ve been converting areas of my Midwestern yard to native plant habitat for the past 2+ years. It’s sparkling with fireflies tonight while the surrounding grass yards are dark. Gives me a bit of a boost to get ready for tackling the sprouts of pokeweed and thistle tomorrow.
That’s awesome! I’ve been seeing less and less of them here in the Northeast and it’s very sad. I remember mid/late summers just filled with them in the evenings when I was a kid.
Yeayyy that is great! I was concerned there didn’t seem as many in my yard here in the Mid-Atlantic, but they do seem to be building up in number as the nights warm up