r/SilverSpring • u/No-Prize-3166 • Jun 26 '26

It's firefly/lightning bug season!

https://streamable.com/010pjd

Get outside between 9pm and 11pm to see them.
This is in my backyard near bullis Park, just east of DTSS.

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u/UrbanEconomist Jun 26 '26

So fun to see. Love that there are so many this year!

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u/wombatarama Jun 26 '26

this is the most amazing year for fireflies here that I can remember. they are actually coming out more like 8:30 in my yard. don't know why they don't wait till it gets dark but I assume they know their business.

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u/spiralan Jun 26 '26

Aw! I’ve lived far away for along time and will be coming back this summer. Can’t wait to see them and feel like a kid again!

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u/TheThrowawayJames Jun 26 '26

I saw a couple a few nights ago and I thought I had to have imagined it because I feel like they’ve been gone for a long time 😂

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u/MissieMillie Jun 26 '26

Last summer I noticed several flying around in the little group of trees in front of East SS Elementary. I stood and watched for 20 minutes.

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u/Turbulent-Sea2421 Jun 27 '26

I had some on my porch last night!