So last night I let the two older kids stay up late (8:30 or so) until it got dark, so we could catch some fireflies. My 6 year old son has been asking for a few weeks do to this, and with school starting this week and my job having settled down a bit, it was now or never. So we sat outside for almost an hour and we never once saw a firefly.I remember even a few years ago, my back yard would be full of fireflies during the summer, with their tails shining so brightly all over the place. It just makes me wonder. Is the end of August already too late in the season? Or has there been some massive decline in the firefly population that has gone completely unreported in the scientific community?
Where does the firefly sit in the great ecological food-chain? Do they serve any other purpose other than the simple enjoyment of watching them flittering around on a lazy summer day? Will my children never get to enjoy this simple childhood pursuit of catching bugs in a jar?
2 comments:
I've lived in AZ, WA and now CA, and I've never actually seen a firefly in real life. They must not live out west.
You simply can't pass as much gas in your backyard as you do and expect the fireflies to hang around.
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