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Illinois: Monarch butterfly: Danaus plexippus: 1975 [18] Indiana: Say's firefly: Pyractomena angulata: 2018 [19] Kansas: European honey bee: Apis mellifera: 1976 [20] Kentucky: European honey bee (state agricultural insect) Apis mellifera: 2010 [21] Viceroy butterfly (state butterfly) Limenitis archippus: 1990 [22] Louisiana: European honey bee ...
Fireflies have featured in human culture around the world for centuries. [55] In Japan, the emergence of fireflies (Japanese: hotaru) signifies the anticipated changing of the seasons; [56] firefly viewing is a special aesthetic pleasure of midsummer, celebrated in parks that exist for that one purpose. [57]
Do you call them fireflies or lightning bugs? Either way, here’s where you can spot them nearby this summer (and have more of them in your yard).
There are around 2,000 species of fireflies. Learn more about them and how they glow
Common Eastern fireflies are found in a variety of habitats, ranging from temperate to tropical environments. [12] Some natural habitats of these fireflies include meadows, fields, wetlands, desert canyons, and dense forests, and while they can successfully thrive in all of these areas, they require moisture to survive at all life stages.
The fireflies of many eastern and midwestern U.S. childhoods “have survived everything we can throw at them,” said Tufts University biologist and firefly expert Sara Lewis.
Fireflies are abundant in Pennsylvania and are enjoyed for their ability to "transform a midsummer night into a fairyland of tiny, brilliant twinkling lights" [3] Discovering that there was a species of firefly named after their state and that no other U.S. state had adopted a firefly as its state insect, the students began their campaign to ...
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