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Please include your city/town and state, and the date of your sighting. Include as many details as you can, such as numbers of fireflies, location (rural/city/wooded area, etc), temperature, time, and so on. Thanks for helping with this project.
Below are reports from New Hampshire, listed in date order, alphabetically by city.
Jaffrey:
June 23, 2005: Jim Pelletier reports:
I've been watching fireflies for the past 4 nights. Locations: Jaffrey and Rindge, New Hampshire. Sighting times: 9-9:30 pm. Density: Fireflies have been sparce. High density of fireflies tends to be around the 4th of July. Great site. Thanks for creating it.
Litchfield:
June 29, 2005: A.P. Belcamino writes:
We were thrilled to read your info on fireflies. We are having the best year
that we have ever had . We live in Litchfield, New Hampshire. Our Spring was wet and
now the humidity is high. We are spending every evening watching the light
show. Thank You for ENLIGHTENING us!!
Penacook:
June 23, 2002: Hi. We live in Penacook, New Hampshire, and saw one firefly lurching around our backyard last Thurs (6/20/02) at about 8:30 pm. It was a mostly clear night, scattered clouds, and fairly cool (perhaps around 65 degrees). We do live about 100 yards from a small stream, and we have gotten quite a bit of rain lately, although that day was the third day in a string of sunny dry days that reached high 70's to 80's. Several of our neighbors have outdoor spotlights and we get a "glow" of light from Concord, NH, about 7 miles away, so there was moderate light as well. Growing up in Laconia, NH we would see swarms of lightening bugs every summer starting around 8:30, but this was the first I'd seen in several years. And again, it appeared to be a loner.
Rindge:
June 23, 2005: A reader reports:
I've been watching fireflies for the past 4 nights. Locations: Jaffrey and Rindge, New Hampshire. Sighting times: 9-9:30 pm. Density: Fireflies have been sparce. High density of fireflies tends to be around the 4th of July. Great site. Thanks for creating it.