Sunday, August 26, 2007

The Straight Dope on Fireflies

A while back, my post on fireflies got several responses. Yesterday, this popped into my mailbox.

Straight Dope Staff Report: Where have all the fireflies gone?: "Dear Straight Dope: Growing up in the early 1950s in the urban area of Indianapolis, I recall swarms of fireflies – they just seemed to be everywhere. Now when I go back to Indianapolis or other places in that part of the country I see very few. I've even traveled out into the countryside to see if it was just civilization that pushed them out. But even there I saw very few. Where have they gone? —Janet Collins, Seattle"

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