The memories I have of growing up in Ohio with those summer twilight fields and lawns sparkling with those amazing small flashes always makes me smile. Or the discovery of glowing worms in a crumbling downed tree in the woods as an adolescent when hunting for snipes (don't ask).
I know these fascinating creatures are in South East as well as the Mid-West but does anyone know why they are not in the rest of the USA. I now live near the West coast and the seasons are similar to those in the lightning bug zones but there are none. I miss the little guys. Have even tried to mimic them with LEDs but that's lame. Could they be "imported" from the mid-west? I don't think they are invasive. This is a temperate climate with marshes, wooded areas and grass fields. One would think they would do well here.
There are no Monarch butterflies here either but at least I know the reason for that, migration paths but the lightning bug [Arachnocampa] does not migrate. Anyone with more answers or want to send me a jar full?
