r/BeAmazed • u/Highlevelofdef • 1d ago

Animal Fireflies

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u/SableLark 1d ago

I just realize I haven’t seen fireflies in a few years

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u/boywhoflew 1d ago

theres a whole Zefrank video about it in YT and yes, they are lessening mostly because of light pollution by humans messing with them.

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u/mortalitylost 23h ago

I wonder if our streetlamps look like gigantic beautiful asses to them

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u/Prestigious_Oil_6644 20h ago

Wha 👁️👄👁️

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u/sharkfinsouperman 25m ago

Fireflies can't breed due to light pollution. Song birds can't mate in some cities due to noise pollution. They learn to mimic street noises as hatchlings instead of the proper bird songs and fail to attract mates.

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u/FootDynaMo 1d ago

Your lucky you seen one. I haven't seen fireflies in my entire life. Maybe I will see a number of them in the afterlife.😅

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u/psycharious 21h ago

I think it depends on where you live.

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u/Fragrant_Mountain_84 1d ago

I saw tons of them last year!

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u/nyl2k8 1d ago

I went to visit family in the US when I was young (2000) and I could not believe what I was seeing. I thought the first time I saw them that it was my eyes playing tricks on me. Always wanted to smuggle them into Ireland.

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u/Feisty_Bee9175 1d ago

I haven't seen them in close to 20 years.

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u/Princessferfs 20h ago

Fireflies over winter under leaves that fall from trees amongst other vegetation. In cities where everyone wants a “tidy landscape” it kills them off.

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u/gt29754307 21h ago

It’s strange how easily we forget the little things that used to amaze us. Fireflies are such a magical part of summer.

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u/ExplanationHead6727 1d ago

🎶You not believe your eyes

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u/NewTHULTHUL-exe 16h ago

🎶If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fall asleep

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u/NewTHULTHUL-exe 16h ago

🎶If ten million fireflies Lit up the world as I fall asleep

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u/XandraCrazyxo 1d ago

Are they breeding fireflies??

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u/Spiritual-Gravy71 1d ago

So that’s where all the fireflies have gone

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u/DaSupercrafter 1d ago

🎵🎸🎤I’d like to make myself believe that planet earth turns slowly! It’s hard to say that I’d rather stay awake when I’m asleep cause everything is never rise. It seems. (when I fall asleep)

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u/ZoetWaterKano 1d ago

Nooo not that song please :(

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u/AscendNotDescend 1d ago

Growing up as a kid we always referred to these things as lightning bugs lol

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u/Personal_titi_doc 1d ago

Isn't putting them in a jar messing with them ?

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u/NeroShenX 1d ago

Everyone else: Owl City Fireflies

Me, an intellectual: Gorillaz Fireflies

🎶Sometimes, I follow, a firefly, it takes me, into the night🎶

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u/_iamluna 1d ago

Lightning bugs*

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u/off2kayak 20h ago

LET THEM FREE 😞

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u/Vincemillion07 1d ago

Free them

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u/Princessferfs 20h ago

That’s how the field on our farm looks in the summer at dusk. I call it “nature’s disco”

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u/Velariax 1d ago

That is so beautiful really

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u/taco_ma_hiker107 1d ago

We saw them all the time growing up in the country in Maryland.. miss seeing them.

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u/Chloe_774 1d ago

That's look great , like stars twinkling

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u/Randumusings 1d ago

You just wiped out the entire firefly population for the next ten years. Don't catch them! Just enjoy them in their freedom.

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u/JinOtanashi 1d ago

Many wives

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u/Careful-Night-7964 1d ago

Con razón ya no se ven si las tienen todas atrapas

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u/Callisto7K 23h ago

Haven’t seen them in NM in 60 years

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u/DryMessage8532 22h ago

You would not believe your eyes

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u/Ecstatic-Web134 16h ago

"Why do fireflies have to die so soon?"

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https://images.app.goo.gl/vmr4z4TyFbEpMSSE9

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u/Ok_Working_9094 13h ago

"You would not believe your eyes"

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u/ZealousidealBread948 12h ago

Who was the genius who came up with this?

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u/kirtash93 12h ago

Pure fantasy

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u/Neurojazz 1d ago

Pretty, but probably food for something 😆

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u/sanidhya99 1d ago

What are those it’s look like little snails something?

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u/WeeklyEmu4838 1d ago

SubhanaAllah

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u/bernpfenn 1d ago

wonderful, continue doing that.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Fix3751 1d ago

Nature at its Lit beauty

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u/Signature_Space2024 1d ago

I love this ❤️

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u/Indio76O 1d ago

I'll take some for my headliner