It’s an age-old debate that divides families, friends, states and nations: Lightning bugs or fireflies? You chased them as a kid, captured them in your hands. Maybe even put them in jars for an hour ...

The sun sets, the air cools and the last wisps of smoky aroma from the grill wafts away. It is the epitome of a summer night in the Midwest. The only thing left to make it more perfect is seeing soft ...

Firefly populations are declining, taking our wondrous summer views with them. Read all about the driving forces behind this ...

Have you noticed any fireflies this season? We called them lightning bugs in my youth. Technically they are beetles, not flies. In East Texas they can be seen from April to as late as October. They ...

The purple and blue colors within the Midwest and Southern U.S. are where thunderstorms are most frequent, lining up where the majority of people say “lightning bugs.” The data below about wildfire ...

The Photuris firefly is an iconic genus of lightning bugs. Female species in this genus lure and eat other male fireflies.

Visit Indy, Lafayette, and New Harmony to learn about our state insect, the Say’s Firefly. The firefly. The lightning bug. The romance of early summer in Indiana has always been a twinkling glow of ...

MISSOURI, USA — Lights in the Midwest's summer nights have grown dimmer over the past decades. The glowing flicks of fireflies, or lightning bugs, trigger nostalgia and deeply held childhood memories ...

Whether you call them fireflies or lightning bugs, the glowing insects are headed to Pennsylvania. Some may have even been spotted early, shining yellow and green in backyards just after dark. MORE ...

I’m not sure which was more enchanting: the flash of fireflies lighting up the Crabtree Creek woods like paparazzi cameras or the gray-haired scientist with his giant net, explaining how this innocent ...