npub19fcv2nflra09c6p9xz8c8detwj6uy07u4z4m25qh836mnvxtatdq6aay3c (npub19fc…ay3c) Yes, fireflies are fewer and fewer each year here in North Central West Virginia. 15 years ago, they were plentiful. I used to take time-exposure photos of them at twilight.
Now they are a rarity. Once in a while I'll see a single one.
All insects are down, actually. There used to be lots of Japanese stink bugs. Not anymore. I take walks in the evening and return without a single mosquito bite. They used to eat me alive. The lack of bites is a plus but it's wrong.
There used to be little flocks of chimney swifts zooming around at all hours of the day. You could always see them and hear them twittering as they fed on insects aloft. Their constant background twittering is now replaced by silence. The disappearance happened this year. They were plentiful a few months ago.
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2023-08-23 16:02:22
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