This summer has been a good year for viewing lightning bugs or fireflies because of several weather conditions. Here's what ...

Photuris pensylvanica — better known as the Pennsylvania firefly or, as most Philadelphians call it, the lightning bug — is out in full force this summer. Reports suggest that central and rural parts ...

Q: I thought the firefly cycle this year seemed different than I've seen it over the years. Normally they are out in early June fairly heavily and very quickly tail off until about mid-July when ...

Firefly season pressed into its full-on light show for 2018 in backyards across Pennsylvania in the past few days, about on schedule. Sightings of fireflies, or lightning bugs, in Pennsylvania ...

This time of year, fireflies—the official insect of Pennsylvania—light up the Lehigh Valley.. But that glow is starting to dim, as firefly population numbers decline globally. One in three ...

Since the solstice occurs so late at night Philly time, is the longest day the 20th or the 21st? The answer: Both. The ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Did you know that the firefly is the Pennsylvania state bug? Fireflies, or lightning bugs as many people call them, have been lighting up our summer nights for as long as we ...

The spirit’s at risk. A third of North America’s firefly species face extinction. There are ways to help fireflies, insects important enough to be named Pennsylvania’s state insect.

These little miracles of nature have thrilled children for centuries, and yes, the pollution that is killing the bird population is having the same effect on the firefly. So, enjoy them now while ...

They were able to identify factors that may contribute to firefly population declines. ... She was a reporter for nearly 12 years at the Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, ...

"It's difficult to say we counted X number of firefly adults in the 1980s or 1950s, but when you look at the land use development patterns and it's just a timelapse series that you can watch how ...

There are more than 2,000 species of fireflies worldwide, including the Photuris pensylvanica — or Pennsylvania firefly — which became the state's official insect in 1974 after elementary ...