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Heatless lightning

July 06, 2019 - Given all the despair we've had over the population declines of fireflies over the past few years, 2019 is actually turn...
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Night lights

June 17, 2019 - For many, many months—indeed, for most of the winter and the spring—the "fireflies" carried no illumination whatsoever....
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An old cold-weather friend

November 08, 2018 - Last year, I had the wonderful experience of talking to the "lightning bug lady," a.k.a. Lynn Frierson Faust, about her...
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Lawn glow

September 11, 2018 - One of my favorite nighttime activities is to hike the eastern edge of what passes for a lawn—a greensward maintained wi...
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Small and large

June 09, 2016 - I'm leading a walk in a couple of weeks for the local garden club, and going out into the field with a collection of kno...
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The last flasher

July 30, 2015 - As has been too often the case in recent years, there have been very few fireflies lighting up the dusk and the night. T...
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