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

The New York City area's once-dimming firefly population has made a dazzling comeback this summer thanks to the abnormal amount of rain dumped on the region in the past few months.

Fun with fireflies Despite their name, fireflies are not flies at all. They are a type of beetle in the family Lampyridae. Their signature flashes are signals emitted to attract mates.

Fireflies illuminate the evening in this long-exposure image taken in Mexico in 2017. It's hard to know for sure, but it appears the whimsical bugs are indeed thriving in some areas.