When I was a child, and I am 76 now, lightning bugs were everywhere. We lived on a farm, and sometimes the fields were magical with them. There had to be thousands of them. The display at night was spectacular. I would catch them at night and put them in a jar with a piece of screen on top and watch them and release them in the morning. Those were the good old days. I always heard if they fly low to the ground that it was going to rain. Thank you Donnie for this video. You are the best.

When I was a child they would be everywhere but now not so much

I grew up in North Carolina and just loved them!

How many wonderful memories I have of lightning bugs! All the beautiful sounds of summer. Thanks Mr. Donnie and God Bless you!

Morning Mr.Donnie. Oh how I remember catching lightening bugs and putting them in a jar. Granny would give us a lid for the jar being sure to poke holes in it so they could breathe. Now she made sure that it was a mayonnaise lid or something like that, cause everything else was used for canning. We could keep them inside just for the night but had to let them go the next morning because Granny said they had families too. 😉Until next time God Bless

Fireflies is a city way of saying lightning bugs! Haha!

You haven't lived until you've seen a huge tree full of lightening bugs randomly lighting up at night...Beautiful...

Oh yes! I’d forgotten it too Donnie! Don’t you worry about that……we all forget things on occasion. I sure can remember the lightning bugs!! They were so pretty at night…..it was like they were putting on their fantastic show for all to see and enjoy. I haven’t seen one since I was a little girl. So sad that everything is going away and our younger generations won’t have a chance to experience them. Thanks for sharing! Blessings always to you and your lovely wife! ❤️🙏😊

They return on almost the same date every year (June 11th) here in Wantage, NJ! I'm almost 80 and they still make me smile when they arrive!

Good morning Donnie, I can fondly remember catching lightning bugs in a jar and watching them and then setting them free so Thank you for the fond memory. I hope you have a wonderful day and God Bless you my dear friend.😊❤🙏🏻

Morning Donnie, thanks enjoy your video of wildlife

Oh wow!! A lightning bug!!! We used to play with them and take the glowlight and play they were rings. There were so many of them back in my day!! Now you are lucky to see a few every now and then. Thanks for sharing. ❤🙏

Glad you included the lightning bugs, Mr Donnie. Yes, collecting a jar of them as a kid to use as a miniature lantern was so much fun. If I remember correctly, it was the use of DDT and other pesticides that reduced their population so greatly.

I love seeing the lightning bugs. I remember we would always catch them when we where kids put them in a jar and let them go. Thank you Mr. Donnie for sharing this. Have a wonderful and blessed day ❤️

Lightening bugs seem to be a thing of the past down here in south Georgia, Donnie. I do remember catching them in jars when my cousins and I were young, and releasing them the next morning. Good times and memories. God bless you, my friend.🙏❤️

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Oh Donnie, such summer fun memories. Catching lightening bugs and getting eaten alive, at the same time, with mosquitos.

That's right Mr. Donnie they are lightening bugs to us. I tied a string around them and caught frogs with em. Then we had to turn em loose....lol.....thank ya as always for sharing these childhood nature videos. Hope this finds you doing well. Have a blessed day.

For the longest time, I thought they were gone, never saw them out. But the last two years here in Southwestern Indiana I have noticed them a lot out in my yard out in the woods and I’m sure glad to see them back. Thank you, Mr. Donnie.

Thank you, Donnie. God bless, brother.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I think all mountain youngins have got an empty canning jar from their mama's with holes poked in the lid and caught as many as we could to watch them all lighting up for an hour or 2 before they made us turn them loose! It's a southern childhood tradition ❤ Thanks for the video Mr Donnie!

Good morning 😊 Love fireflies I love watching them in my land as it slowly gets dark

Yes sir they used to be millions of them but now very few I think they are awesome insects thanks for sharing God bless you sir

Lightnin' bugs

I wondered why they didn't make the list. In Pennsylvania there were yellow ones then the whiter models came along. I'll never forget taking my nieces from California to see their first field of them back home. They were thrilled. Thanks for the memories Donnie.

My Mom told me about the lightning bugs growing up in MO. We don't have them here in Cali so I was so excited and blessed to get to see them when I took a trip to MO to meet and see family. Now I'm sharing this video with my grandson so he can see and know about them. Thank you so much🤗

"They're not the number they use to be." That's the sad truth around my area. Saw one light up in my garden last week. First one in years. Then a hail storm blew threw and tore it up a couple days ago. It'll come back. Nature has a tendency to do that if we let it.

Im almost 70 & still love sitting on the porch watching them! Youre righ , sadly there doesnt seem to be as many of them anymore. I hope the numbers get bigger soon.

Just talking about that last night, millions of them back in the day. Awesome share

Hi Donnie! Thanks for taking me and others on a trip down memory lane. When I was young I remember catching them. Like you said they were everywhere in New Jersey. We did call them lightning bugs. I forgot all about them so thank you! 😊🙏🏼❤️🔥🪰

This video brought back memories not only of catching them myself but watching my children and grandchildren catching them. I agree you see only a fraction of what you saw when I was a child. But most children now don't know about the fun of catching them. Thank you for sharing. God bless.

Donnie you are so right. When I was a kid we would go outside just at the beginning of night fall and catch lightning bugs and put them in a jar. I remember once I was at my Nanny house and I was using a knife to poke holes in the jar lid and I missed and stabbed my hand and I still have a scar to remind me of those fun times. You are so right you don't see lightning bugs like we use to. That was always a good reminder when I was young that summer time was here. Thanks for the great memory of being young and running around barefoot at night chasing lightning bugs.

I am 73 years old and one of the best time we would play after sundown and catch them.

Great videos thanks for sharing this with us have a blessed day 🙏

Oh yes the Lightning Bug. I hate to admit it but as kids, we would pull out the light and make rings, and bracelets that would sparkle in the dark. Shame, shame. Your friend, Louise

Brings back some mighty precious memories, cousin Donnie! Thanks, dear cousin, and G-d bless! Please pray for the peace of Yerushalayim.

I feel like crying every time I mow the grass and the lightening bugs start flying around. 😢 I hate accidentally having to disturb and possibly kill them. I live in the woods where it's one of the only place for miles of agricultural fields where they can congregate. But I can't let my lawn turn into a pasture. 😭

In jersey we call the lightning bugs too! I didn’t know they had 2 sets of wings. God’s beautiful creations❤️❤️❤️Thank you Donnie!

My favorite insect after dragonfly. Beautiful!

As kids my little brother and i camped out a lot in the backyard. Well we caught a bunch of them one night and released them in our tent with us. We thought it was just the greatest fun having lots of moving nightlights right there with us. Excepting the fact when we woke up there was an equal amount of "ugly" bugs crawling around in our tent! Lol. Somehow we didn't think ahead to how they would look in the morning light. Great memories 40+ years later. Thanks for sharing!

I love to see when the fireflies come out in the summer!

Love lightning bugs especially when they light up in the dark beautiful

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Donnie you just bought back my childhood memories of those critters many times my dad would stay late at the park with me and my brothers and he would play dominoes with his buddies after dusk my brothers and I would be fascinated watching these flies glow in the darkness from every which way and trying to catch them what a sight that was us

Thanks Donnie , this short video has brought back memories of my childhood , I'm 61 now . I remember the bugs having a greener glow and a little smaller than the one you show , we kids would spend hours catching them , ( I wish I had the same energy as I had back then .) I'm from North Queensland Australia. Take care Donnie and thanks to the folks who have left their comments I enjoy reading them .

Thanks for bringing a memory of the time when I caught them no TV back then so it was something to do before bedtime

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Absolutely beautiful GOD BLESS YOU

I love lightnin' bugs! When I was a kid we caught them to sell to a place in town, collecting them for research. got a penny for each one! Anyway, it was a lot of fun....thanks Donnie!

Thanks for the short video! I enjoy lighting bugs. I experienced them once in my life. It was amazing to watch them.

Used to catch them in a jar and keep in my room overnight. Let them go the next morning.

Definitely one of my favorite parts of summer. So mesmerizing to watch. Bioluminescence is such an interesting thing. Have a good one Donnie👍🏼🇺🇸😎

Summertime treasure, thank you Mr Donnie!!

I remember catching lightning bugs at night putting them in a jar, going to bed, watching them tell you to sleep, letting them go in the morning. Then at night doing it all over again! My how simple and safe it was to have fun back then.

Yes! As a little kid back in the late 1960's and all through the 70's, lightning bugs were everywhere on any given summer night, but in recent years? Not so much. What's depleting their population, pesticides? Pollution in general? Likely both, and that's sad. As a guy who's usually bug-phobic, and spiders in particular, I've always let them walk on me, if they get trapped inside, I never kill them, I just pick them up and put them back outside.

Oh how I miss Lightning Bugs. 😢

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I spent many hours seeing how many I could get into a jar. One of the great memories of childhood. Hope you are doing well! God bless!

Praying and Blessed! 🤗🙏🌄

Good morning Mr Donnie i remember catching fire flies God bless you

Sweet memories. Thank you Mr Donnie 😊❤

Good morning Donnie brother. I pray your healing is going great Amen 🙏

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Oh how I love lightening bugs! I saw one in my yard the other day. First one I’ve seen in years. The ground was carpeted with them when I was a child. It was truly magical. I hope they make a complete recovery from whatever brought them so low.❤️🐝🤗

I spent many summers catching lightening bugs..put them in a jar by my bed at night..thanks Donnie👍👍

Thank you for sharing this Mr Donnie ❤God bless you ❤

My brother and i caught them as kids, put them on our dresser and would waje up in the morning to find Dad had ket tgem out. My kids and grandkids gave caught them the same way here at our house. This evening i saw a bunch out in our sideyard. They are awesome insects.

Some yrs back not sure when though but UT was paying people so much a hundred or thousand to catch them for research on what made them light up

I remember the lightning bugs was so thick could just open a jar and they would fly in.We could also see the Milky Way pretty easily also.I feel bad for the Kids today. God Bless the lightning bugs and You n Yours.

Love it.

Lightning bugs thats what we call them.

Good morning and thank you. I used to love to catch fireflies as a kid....

Donnie I live in east Texas we do not have firefly anymore.Thank you for sharing with us.God bless.

Not many in South Louisiana! Last time I saw a lot of them is when we were camping on DeGray Lake south of Hot Springs Arkansas! It was beautiful and reminded me of growing up in Northwest Louisiana!❤️

Use to catch them was young always let them go. Don't see them much anymore. ❤

Totally love Fireflies.

Lightning bugs!! I noticed their numbers diminished just in my lifetime. Wondered why that might be. I was such a "gurly-gurl" that lightning bugs were about the only bug i wasn't scared of and would hold in my hand. My fears of creepy crawlers got picked up by my daughters (my poor example). But one of my fondest memories was teaching my daughters how to catch lightning bugs. If mom would touch a bug, then nothing to be afraid of. I don't think they have lightning bugs west of the Rockys. Thanks for bringing back those memories Mr. Donnie!! ❤❤

Good morning Donnie. Thank you for sharing this. I can see them only if i go camping way outside of my local area. I miss seeing them So this is a treat that brings back lots of good childhood memories.

Brings back childhood memories. I've countless numbers of them and pt them in a jar. There's not a many of them where I live as there used to be.

Good morning Donnie….I pray you are doing well…. I remember catching these as a child….Thanks Donnie for bringing back fond memories of my childhood❤…. I haven’t thought about this in many years…Take care God Bless & Lord willing I will see you next time 🙏🏻❤️💯☦️🇮🇱

I saw the first one on May the fourth here in the Brush Mountains of NC. That's when summer is coming fast. I love to see em'.

Just visited Clyde NC from Florida and enjoyed seeing the lightning bugs

They sure are cute little things ❤

We did play with lighting bugs growing up. It amazed me when they lit up as if they had a build in light bulb. Yes, I do realize I don't see many anymore. And I walk my doggie at night. God bless

Good morning I didn't know they had two sets of wings that's something new that I learned today looking forward to the next video

We have millions of lightning bugs in the pasture and wood line on the property. It is gorgeous to see then light up the wood line and trees like little sparklers. God really knows how to do simple and beautiful. God bless.

I was up 12000ft in Tenn. the other night when two different types of fire flies emerged. There was a party up on top that mountain for this emergence. It was a beautiful sight to behold Donnie.. Amen❤

Something I really miss about not living in the South is lightning bugs. I haven't seen a one since I came to Albuquerque. 😢

Thanks again for sharing

It's amazing how God made everything in the earth.i love your videos and look forward to your next video

Yes, sadly getting scarce. I leave a big patch out back grow wild and they seem to be more of them there. God bless and thank you for the video.

Here in Ohio we call them both names. Like everything else that's beautiful and harmless, our lightning bug populations have plummeted too. There are bad people that have been spraying poison on all of us for years and years now. If a stop would be put to it----then all of nature will bounce back in a few years time. I'm holding the fort, waiting to see those days, I hope. If I can last that long. God Bless you, Donnie, for this sweet little video.

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They have seriously declined in numbers here in France, here we call them Glow Worms,( Lampyris nactiluca), it is a beetle, the early stages feed on Snails, so they are a huge asset, I see very few now even in deepest rural France. Chris B.

Yes Sir, I've noticed a decline. Some summers are better than others up here in the mountains but I've yet to be in a big clearing or field in these mountains to see vast numbers.

They only live 61 days. Life is so precious yall 👍

Yelp Can't forget the Lighting bugs Totally country to me!!!

Good morning- those little guys were almost extinct at one time. I was told they were being captured, and the yellow light they have was being used in medicine. I don’t know what kind. The population of them is still low. Have a great day.

No problem, Donnie, do you remember pinching off the back end and put it on your finger?So you could have a ring that shined

I was just thinking about lightning bugs the other night while sitting around the old fire pit in the back yard. Not nearly the amount that were around when i was young. I grew up on a farm in new Jersey in the 70s and 80s and always looked forward to seeing the first ones of the year. Crazy just the other night i seen my first 2 or 3 of the year. Think its from all the pesticides, Shame.