Tag: Photinus carolinus

A Night With the Synchronous Fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains

Pest management pro Pamela Blauvelt recounts a trip with colleagues to witness the annual synchronous fireflies phenomenon at night in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Entomology Today August 31, 2018 2 Comments

Synchronous Fireflies in Pennsylvania are Rare and Unusual

By Bruce Parkhurst Imagine being in the Allegheny National Forest on a warm June evening around 10 p.m. The campfire has burned low and the upward-floating sparks are subsiding, when […]