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Nibley • Under the glow of Tuesday’s Strawberry Moon, Hannah Wilkinson stood on a boardwalk winding through wetland plants, camera in hand, searching for glowing insects. She wasn’t alone. Dozens of ...

Thousands of pyrotechnic, flashing fireflies are making a rare appearance in Utah this summer, evidence that these bioluminescent insects may be establishing larger populations in the west, according ...

SPANISH FORK, Utah — On summer nights, after the sun sets, the grassy fields surrounding a farm in Utah County sparkle with tiny bits of light. “This is firefly habitat,” said Diane Thompson Garcia.

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Rare fireflies live on this Utah woman’s farm. A housing project threatens them. At first they looked like sparks. The flashes of light floated in the air for a second and then extinguished. A few ...

Researchers are asking the public to report where they see fireflies Fireflies or lightning bugs are much more common back east Some rural residents have seen fireflies for decades, but now sightings ...

SPANISH FORK, Utah — Diane Garcia is proud to live on a farm that’s more than a hundred years old, and happy to share it’s delight’s with others. Each summer, typically in June, fireflies emerge from ...

Until last year, entomologists at Utah’s Brigham Young University hadn’t seen a firefly flash in 30 years of collecting insect specimens. Credit: Brian Wilcox ...

A firefly in Utah. Entomologists at BYU and the University of Utah are researching firefly patterns in the state. (Seth Bybee) Seth Bybee stands on the edge of a lake swarming with hippos and ...

SPANISH FORK, Utah — After the sun sets, the grassy fields surrounding a farm in Utah County sparkle with tiny bits of light on summer nights. “This is firefly habitat,” said Diane Thompson Garcia.