• grue@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    When I was a kid, there used to be hundreds of fireflies in my backyard in the summer. Now, I get excited to see even two or three.

    I blame the anti-mosquito pesticide services half my neighbors seem to hire.

    • fishos@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      Blame the raking of the leaves. No leaves in fall means no place for the eggs to be laid and no place for the larvae to grow. It’s another casualty to grass lawns. A “clean” nature is a place where nothing has room to thrive.