|
|
Article: Fireflies unfortunately fading from view
- Article from:
- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- July 15, 2009
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2009 Charleston Gazette. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
I like to sit on my back porch in Scott Depot on July evenings
and watch the fireflies.
But over the last 10 years, there simply don't seem to be as many
of them as there used to be.
I thought it was my imagination; but apparently fireflies are
disappearing from marshes, fields and forests all over the country -
and all over the world.
And if it goes on this way, fireflies may fade forever, leaving
our summer nights a little darker.
I started reviewing some of the Internet sources on the issue,
and while nobody knows for sure, some researchers blame development
and light pollution.
Fireflies thrive as larvae in rotting wood and forest litter at
the margins of ponds and streams. And as they ...