Firefly fans who'd like to see lightning bugs year-round are out of luck. The insect, which is a type of beetle, is usually seen only between spring and summer, with different species emerging at ...

Perhaps once collected in a jar or observed from the palm of your hand, fireflies are curious creatures that communicate via a yellow glow. They are especially chatty on hot summer nights. Fireflies ...

Wet spring, mild winter was conducive to a bountiful year A winter that was slightly warmer than the historical average and a wet spring helped firefly larvae thrive underground during a critical ...

With the arrival of summer, many recalling childhood memories of watching fireflies blink across a dark landscape might be wondering, where did all the lightning bugs go? According to the Xerces ...

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (KOAA) — Since 2017, Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster has been gathering, studying, and working to raise Colorado fireflies; this year (2025), they successfully replicated the ...

An impressive milestone has been achieved by a research team at the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster, Colorado, as it became the first institution to complete the life cycle of the native Colorado ...