I wrote something similar to this on EP except we call them lightening bugs in the south. It saddens me that we are killing honey bees, lady bugs, and lightening bugs with our careless ways. There is a place not far from my home where there are special lightening bugs. They glow eerily in different colors. One of the requirements when you attend the sightings is that you not get off the clearly marked trail. Well tourists flock to see them and then trample them to death because they walk over where they are laying their eggs. They were saying in a recent article that the population has decreased by nearly 50% over the last decade. At this rate in 20 years there will be none at this place. :(
