Lightning Bugs

[elkbowhunter]

Very cool walking through the woods this evening and they were everywhere... was wondering does all of Texas have lightning bugs?

[waterdog]

got them here in a town, wife has some kind of rat dog. she gos nuts on the bugs! my old lab gives a look like wth

[scdavis50]

used to see them in Austin when I lived there. Never seen them in Houston.

[jpbruni]

We have them in my backyard occasionally , but not like when I was a kid.

[4-fletch]

We have them here in rendon tx

[Jarrad]

They used to be everywhere when I was a kid. I lived in Montgomery County (still do) but they seemed to have disappeared. I hadn't seen one in years.

[El Viejo]

We have them in the RGV, but not a lot of them.

[Texas Bill]

Funny you posted this. Wife and I were just talking about how we never see them like we used to. (Denton Co and Navarro Co) I miss seeing them. Great porch entertainment.

[AntlerCollector]

Saw them in Austin this week. There's lot's of them in Hardin and Polk county

[dustoffer]

Got 'em in Belmont (Gonzales County) Different from the ones I grew up watching and catching. The Missouri bugs were "flashers" meaning they would light up momentarily in flight. The ones in Belmont turn their lights on for 2-3 seconds at at time and look like a streak in the dark.

[Kdog]

We saw some the other night walking through our neighborhood "woods". First time I have ever seen them in Texas after living here 10 years. I promised my daughter we would go back tomorrow night and catch some. I was surprised to see them. We see a lot in Wisconsin when we visit there.

[hellbndr23]

I know way more than I want to about lightning bugs from my son watching Wild Kratts.

Eggs hatch in the dirt. Babies spend 2 years in the dirt. The flashers flying around are all males. Females wait in the grass and watch for a male they like. Mating period is 2 weeks out of they year. They only do the flashing period once in their lifetime.

Your welcome

[JimGates]

And now we know

[Rivermonster]

It seems to me there are still pockets here and there and everywhere. Seen a few around Denton but not many

[WCB]

Been seeing them in our front yard here in Dallas for the last couple of weeks.