29 Jun
2019
29 Jun
'19
3:15 a.m.
RWG: "When I was a kid in the 50s, rather greenish 'lightning bugs' were rife in the Camden & Philadelphia areas, despite massive anti-mosquito DDT spraying... Despite the DDT ban, they're gone now." A 2018 Drexel University article suggests that "Fairmount Park in Philadelphia is a great place to find and observe fireflies" so they are still there. https://www.anspblog.org/fireflies-in-your-backyard/