lightning bugs
- Thread starter softcrab
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Where are you from? South?
No, born in Southern Maryland and raised here for most of my life. I remember catching lightning bugs way before school was out for the summer in (back then) early June.
Come visit me then and take them back with you. The loud-assed suckers have been here for a couple of weeks now.
I've been hearing nothing but frogs for weeks now. They've been so loud we need to put a box fan on to sleep, even with the windows closed! Oh and the occasional bat too.
nomoney
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my yard is full of frogs this year! I've always seen the one or two hopping away from the lawnmower now and then; but last night I was outside around dusk and a whole army of them came hopping out of the woods. Every where I looked was a little frog. Hopefully that means less bugs this year! 
GWguy
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my yard is full of frogs this year! I've always seen the one or two hopping away from the lawnmower now and then; but last night I was outside around dusk and a whole army of them came hopping out of the woods. Every where I looked was a little frog. Hopefully that means less bugs this year!
Green frogs, or brown toads? I've had lots of toads this year.
nomoney
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bohman
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Come visit me then and take them back with you. The loud-assed suckers have been here for a couple of weeks now.
Are those the long-tailed birds that fly around in circles at sunset? I've been wondering what those are. And what are they so pissed about that they need to be that loud?
As for the OP, I think it partially depends on the weather. The lightning bugs seem to like heat, and the weather didn't wait around to get hot this year.
GWguy
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Are those the long-tailed birds that fly around in circles at sunset? I've been wondering what those are. And what are they so pissed about that they need to be that loud?
Do they have v-shaped tails? You might be seeing purple martins. They chirp alot, but I find it pleasant, and they do great at keeping the bug population down.
The whippoorwills sing all night long and very loudly, usually right outside your bedroom window.
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Do they have v-shaped tails? You might be seeing purple martins. They chirp alot, but I find it pleasant, and they do great at keeping the bug population down.
The whippoorwills sing all night long and very loudly, usually right outside your bedroom window.
I have fond memories of them singing me to sleep when I went camping in Pennsylvania as a child. I have not heard one in years. They must not hang out in central Chuck Co.
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my yard is full of frogs this year! I've always seen the one or two hopping away from the lawnmower now and then; but last night I was outside around dusk and a whole army of them came hopping out of the woods. Every where I looked was a little frog. Hopefully that means less bugs this year!
I large grouping of toads is actually called a knot or a knab. If it was frogs it would be an army.
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I large grouping of toads is actually called a knot or a knab. If it was frogs it would be an army.
I thought that was an apocalypse.....or the beginning thereof...
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gemma_rae
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I think only if they fall from the sky or am I mistaken?
They have to turn to fire on the ground. That's what Charlton Heston told me.