Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects

Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by jungletime on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:15AM (#24078213)

Lots of fireflies in my backyard every night, probably because it is partially flooded due to the record high water levels in the Great lakes. Have been trying to film them. But subpar results so far. I have a vintage 70-200 lens adopted to m4/3. It says macro on the lens, but I can't focus on anything close at all.

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Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by rangibaby on Friday August 07, 2020 @08:33AM (#24081148)

I have a similar lens that says macro but only focuses a tiny bit closer at the wide end. If you don’t want to buy a real macro lens try an 85-135mm prime with an extension ring.

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Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by User23 on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:21AM (#24078245)

No shortage of lightning bugs here either. The only thing killing them is the spiders.

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Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by jungletime on Friday August 07, 2020 @12:40AM (#24078388)

You should definitely film that. I bet there are thousands of people that would watch a "firefly vs spider" death match on youtube.

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Re:Germany plans to dim lights at night to save insects by User23 on Friday August 07, 2020 @10:24PM (#24088436)

So far I've only discovered the aftermath, drained husks hanging in a web. If I can catch a spider in the act though that would be great and I'd definitely film it.

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