Rainy, damp weather along the eastern United States in summer 2025 has one upside: Fireflies love it.

A map of firefly observations on the site iNaturalist shows 2,142 submissions in Connecticut since 2012, the vast majority in recent years, though the Xerces Society’s report says that 14 ...

Fireflies are making a comeback in the metro area this summer thanks to the abnormal amount of rainfall. Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images “The extra rain, that extra moisture, that is really ...