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devilspeaksintongues t1_itxsnza wrote

Reply to comment by kwell42 in What happened to all the lightning bugs? We used to have so many. by jeffuber

Please dont catch them, and please leave them alone. If you had jars full, that means you had jars full of fireflies that wont reproduce and just die for human enjoyment.. this is very harmful to their conservation...

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kwell42 t1_iu3ore9 wrote

There are so many! I really doubt my kids have a statistically significant impact on reproduction cycles.

Edit... Being that you think you don't have as many because of my kids, maybe you should consider every city has too many lights for their tiny lights to be significant and go after led companies. They likely have a significant impact on the life cycle.

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devilspeaksintongues t1_iu5bo97 wrote

Everything plays a part. I'm not necessarily saying its YOUR kids. But say if your neighbours kids are doing the same then their neighbours, etc..

All I'm saying is dont catch them. Just cause theres a lot of them doesnt make it right, or make them less significant. They're some of the oldest creatures on earth, I think over 350 million years old. Show them some respect. Enjoy with your eyes. They're alive too and deserve to be here just as much as you and I.

There are lots of people but we dont go around catching people and putting them in cages just for fun (I guess this does happen in some parts of the world however.)

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kwell42 t1_iu67gml wrote

They only live a few days whether the kids catch them or not. Do you walk around ants and spiders too?

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devilspeaksintongues t1_iu69xiz wrote

I do, actually. I do everything I can for any bugs. They are a special interest of mine. Especially spiders. I keep spiders in the corners of my house and let them catch the little flies and shit. I say hello to the one near the door when I get home, and goodbye when I leave.

To me, a human's life is no more or less important than an ant.

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