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Firefly species may blink out as US seeks to list it as endangered for first time (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Midnight to c/conservation

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[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I’ve thought about this a little, but.., how much good would it be for me to purchase a swarm or a swarms every now and then… to grow the population in my Westend/Westside (Cascade) neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia?

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 4 weeks ago

Filling your lawn with native plants and making it friendlier to fireflies will go a lot further than buying fireflies to live in an area where they have no habitat to reproduce. If you ~~build~~ rewild it, they will come!

While you might not want to completely eliminate your lawn, !nolawns@slrpnk.net is a good resource for ideas on how to rework your lawn to benefit your local wildlife.