I was surprised to find out that not every place has fireflies, as the places I've traveled in summertime have had them, just never considered they weren't universal like the peskier sorts of insects. The event that er... sparked... This revelation was some friends at the Scottish Harp School that happens in June at the Highland Games in the Oberlin area. The Scottish teacher had never seen the like, and exclaimed: " There ARE faeries at the bottom of the garden!" I think on that expression of delight when I see them now. It has been a usual firefly summer in northern Ohio - every night, but not great quantities.

Joanne in Cleveland