That looks nothing like my yard but still don’t see as many LBs as I used to. People blame yards like the one here and pesticides, but I don’t know. I felt like in the 80s and 90s there was an even bigger obsession with manicured yards and people found the most toxic stuff they could get their hands on to spray around their homes. Still had tons of lightening bugs then.
There are a lot of factors. I’ve heard light contamination is harmful for lightbug populations. And the modern LED streetlights are much brighter than in the 90s
That looks nothing like my yard but still don’t see as many LBs as I used to. People blame yards like the one here and pesticides, but I don’t know. I felt like in the 80s and 90s there was an even bigger obsession with manicured yards and people found the most toxic stuff they could get their hands on to spray around their homes. Still had tons of lightening bugs then.
There are a lot of factors. I’ve heard light contamination is harmful for lightbug populations. And the modern LED streetlights are much brighter than in the 90s