Lightning Bugs

[jkhanson]

Do you have lightning bugs in your area?

I always thought lightning bugs were everywhere.  This week I found out that my niece and my nephew do not have lightning bugs in there areas.  Niece lives in South Dakota.  Nephew lives in Twin Cities area in Minnesota.

There children had a blast catching the lightning bugs at my folks' farm this past weekend.

[mamatygress]

No lightning bugs in my area of MN.  They have them where my in-laws live in IA.

[gwilson31]

We have fireflies here in MA.....I used to like catching them when I was a child.  We used to try to catch enough in a jar to read by. LOL 

[alina6]

We have lightning bugs everywhere in NJ. Kids love catching them.

[pstovall]

They are plentiful here in Tennessee. I always start anticipating them right before they appear, usually around the first of June.  It's an event to spot the first one of the season!  I caught them as a kid and I still like to catch one occasionally, say hello, and let it go.  So fun!

[Skyisbluetoday]

    I do have lighting bugs in my area. I lived in other states of the United States of America and those places don't have lighting bugs. I watch them early evening.     

[rob110]

Yup, they are here in eastern PA sometimes.

[gaylasue]

I caught lightening bugs with my grandson last week.  First time I had done that in many years (since my daughter was young).  We have plenty but not as many as when I was growing up.  I guess we must have caught most of them.

[bshee58]

I haven't seen any in the city since we moved from the country.

[pectacon]

We don't have them here. Until I was in my teens I actually believed they were fictional because I saw them on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland and thought they were some made up magical thing. Still haven't seen one in person but I would like to!

[elvisdo]

We totally have them in our area. It's so cool when they are lit up.

[bigfoot951]

I live in South Carolina and I have never seen them here.  I have only seen them once in my life and that was in Arkansas.

[sdenimandlace1]

I am in Tenn. also we have lots of them here, love to sit on the front porch and watch them.

[kaat1220]

We have them in Florida, but I have never seen so many as in North Carolina.

If you see an entire lake of them reflecting over the water, THAT is something to see!

[mrrangerrick]

I'm in California, and unfortunately, we don't have them. I went on a cross-country road trip a few years ago and I was lucky enough to see them up close. They look so cool, but they are ugly bugs (when not they aren't lighting up).