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</span></span></div&g --0000000000000be82405a7692bb1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" It's important to remember that there are at least several species. So while we may recall when the most common species comes out (whichever that is) we don't remember the secondary species. And populations of each species can vary a lot year to year. Our displays have always been poor compared to what you can see in the lower 2/3 of the US or the tropics. As laypeople, we tend to talk about "blackflies", "mosquitoes", "ladybeetles" or "fireflies" as if there was one species of each. This is pretty far from reality as we have a number, or many, species of each of these, as well as most other insects that we name generically. And, of course, with natural selection EACH species has its own unique life history and time of occurrence throughout the 6 or 8 decent months. Regards, Rick. On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 22:48, Patrick Kelly <Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca> wrote: > I was out around 10:30 PM last night... as I was looking for the Starlink > satellites to pass overhead.... On my way down to the nearby cemetery, I > saw two flashes from a firefly.... and now there are a few flashing in my > backyard..... I have seen fireflies here in the past, and where I grew up > in Spryfield, but only in August and and even then, only on really warm > still nights..... > > Is it normal for them to be active at this time of the year? > > Pat > > > > Patrick Kelly > > 159 Town Road > > Falmouth NS B0P 1L0 > > Canada > > > (902) 472-2322 > > --0000000000000be82405a7692bb1 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">It's important to remember that there= are at least several species. So while we may recall when the most common = species comes out (whichever that is) we don't remember the secondary s= pecies. And populations of each species can vary a lot year to year. Our di= splays have always been poor compared to what you can see in the lower 2/3 = of the US or the tropics.<div>As laypeople, we tend to talk about "bla= ckflies", "mosquitoes", "ladybeetles" or "fir= eflies" as if there was one species of each. This is pretty far from r= eality as we have a number, or many, species of each of these, as well as m= ost other insects that we name generically. And, of course, with natural se= lection EACH species has its own unique life history and time of occurrence= throughout the 6 or 8 decent months.</div><div>Regards,</div><div>Rick.</d= iv></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gma= il_attr">On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 at 22:48, Patrick Kelly <<a href=3D"mailto:P= atrick.Kelly@dal.ca">Patrick.Kelly@dal.ca</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquo= te class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-widt= h:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-le= ft:1ex"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> I was out around 10:30 PM last night... as I was looking for the Starlink s= atellites to pass overhead.... On my way down to the nearby cemetery, I saw= two flashes from a firefly.... and now there are a few flashing in my back= yard..... I have seen fireflies here in the past, and where I grew up in Spryfield, but only in August and= and even then, only on really warm still nights..... <div><br> </div> <div>Is it normal for them to be active at this time of the year?</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Pat</div> <div><br> </div> <div><br> <div><span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:H= elvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:= normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:nor= mal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transfo= rm:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:medium"><span style= =3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-si= ze:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:n= ormal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:norm= al;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:norma= l;word-spacing:0px"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvet= ica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-var= iant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-s= pacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-= space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <div style=3D"word-wrap:break-word"> <span style=3D"border-collapse:separate;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvet= ica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-var= iant-caps:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-s= pacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-= space:normal;word-spacing:0px"> <p style=3D"margin:0px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-heigh= t:normal;font-family:Courier"><br> Patrick Kelly</font></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-heigh= t:normal;font-family:Courier">159 Town Road</font></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-heigh= t:normal;font-family:Courier">Falmouth NS<span>=C2=A0<span>=C2=A0</span></s= pan>B0P 1L0</font></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-heigh= t:normal;font-family:Courier">Canada</font></p> <p style=3D"margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weig= ht:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family= :Courier;min-height:14px"> <br> </p> <p style=3D"margin:0px"> <font face=3D"Courier" size=3D"3" style=3D"font-style:normal;font-variant-c= aps:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-heigh= t:normal;font-family:Courier">(902) 472-2322</font></p> </span></div> </span&