Star in my pocket.

[Elder Iptuous]

We used to get a lot more lightning bugs here than we do now....

hardly see any these days.
i want them back.  what do they dine on?  could one help them out by providing a food source?


and if we lose our cicadas, i'm gonna start killin'....
so far, they're still going strong.

[Kai]

We used to get a lot more lightning bugs here than we do now....

hardly see any these days.
i want them back.  what do they dine on?  could one help them out by providing a food source?


and if we lose our cicadas, i'm gonna start killin'....
so far, they're still going strong.

Lightning "bugs" (Family Lampyridae) have various habits, but the larvae are for the most part predatory. Adults are either predatory or don't feed. If there's no larval habitat, there's no adults. The prey is usually insects, so you need to provide habitat for plant feeding insects; forest works best.

Cicadas need undisturbed soil more than anything else. The adults can get by with feeding on most types of deciduous trees.

[Elder Iptuous]

my folks live on land that is and has been wooded forever.  there used to be more fireflies.  perhaps the insects they primarily feed on just haven't been doing too hot lately....

the cicadas, i'm suprised at how well they do.  even in areas that have a good amount of pavement, they still seem to have survived pretty well...