![]() ![]() They are working to gather more information. Researchers across the country, like Henriques, are trying to change that. Part of the problem, however, is that there isn’t great data on lightning bugs to be able to speak quantitatively or with specificity. “If you ask people on the street,” he said, “many people will fondly think of a time when they used to see more and now don’t see as many.” ![]() “If we go from qualitative assessment alone, they seem to be on the decline,” said Sérgio Henriques, the invertebrate conservation coordinator for the Indianapolis Zoo’s Global Center for Species Survival. At least that’s what the evidence suggests. The lights of fireflies are being snuffed out.
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