The observation that bugs are attracted to light goes back centuries — probably even millennia. Shakespeare referenced the strange phenomenon in 1596 when, in "The Merchant of Venice," he wrote, "Thus ...

It’s the last day of June and I’m standing under the overhang on my back deck protected from the last drips of a rainstorm. It’s past nine o’clock but not quite dark yet. But the yard is starting to ...

You’ve probably seen or heard at least once in your lifetime about fireflies – the famous light-emitting insects! They form the Lampyridae family and are sometimes called glowworms or lightning bugs.

WASHINGTON — Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that's not exactly what's going on, a new study ...

Fireflies, otherwise known as lightning bugs, are known for their ability to glow at night. According to the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, fireflies are actually not flies, but are ...

Several reports of lightning bugs from southern and central Indiana have already arrived, which is roughly a month early. Why ...