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by xnx 361 days ago
Leaf litter is also where juvenile lightning bugs live. Less leaf litter = less lightning bugs.
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Is that a worse problem than hours of leaf blower noise?

I googled and apparently it's another name for fireflies and on my list of insects that cause problems, fireflies don't make the list.

Insect populations are dying out and it’s a huge problem we don’t talk enough about.

People are calling out fireflys because they are (were) very visible but it’s a problem for every species. We are replacing native plants with low pile outdoor carpet in the suburbs, and dousing everything else in pesticide

I mean to discourage people from blowing away their leaves.

Less leaf blowing may also result in more lightning bugs / fireflies, which many people enjoy.

> Leaf litter is also where juvenile lightning bugs live

Also various species of bumblebee and fledgling birds, from magpies to owls.