Lightning Bugs

[kaat1220]

gaylasue:

I hope that after you watched them light up the jar, that you let them go so they can spread the light around.

Letting them die in a jar is rather cruel. I don't think kids realize this when they put them in jars.

[nmbrown863]

Yes we do but I feel like there were so many more out when I was a child.

[dreamyxo]

I saw my first one of the season last week.  When I was a kid I used to catch them and put them in jars and turn off all the light and watch them light up.

[singletonb]

We have them here in Georgia. love to sit and watch them.

[s34g35j]

love them

[PGS28]

We usually do, but I haven't seen any lately, but then again we're not out often at night.  Hopefully we can catch some on the 4th.

[ljrjess69]

yes we do..we have lots  of them,,,my cat chases them,,,

[Cbsteffen]

You bet! They come out every summer in Madison, WI (where I currently live).

[michele2042]

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.

I'm in the upstate of South Carolina, we have lots and lots of them.   So fun to look out in the backyard at night and see so many of them twinkling.  It brings back lots of fun memories of catching them and and putting them in jars.   Of course we always let them go before we went in for the night.

[surveypro2016]

We have lightning bugs in Ohio. I sit on the back porch in the evening and watch them. I used to catch them in a jar when I was a kid which was many, many years ago lol

[autumnsparklemom]

We have 'em here in Georgia. My boxer loves chasing them.

[natashaspy]

That's amazing. I really thought they were everywhere too! We have them all over the place here.

[bremer51]

We have them at our place. Sometimes we sit on the deck in the evening with a glass of wine and enjoy the light show.

[rwedfas]

I had one crawl up me

[ccandpam]

Here in Georgia, we have the largest population of lightning Bugs you ever saw. As a child, we kids would get together and catch them in jars with holes in the lid where they could breathe. We would use them as  night lights when we went to bed at night.