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Re:Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? by marcyb5st on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:38AM (#33313918)
Fireflies for me. I live in Italy and between the vineyards it was full of them. Now I occasionally see one or two. It's a pity not only because it is a concrete sign of habitat degradation, but it was also mesmerizing to walk and have them filing around you. Something my kids won't experience.
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Re:Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? by vidarh on Monday October 24, 2022 @04:33AM (#33314211)
Between two long trips to Italy in my childhood, the fireflies we could see from the terrace of a small B&B we stayed at in a small village not far from Genoa is one of my most enduring memories.
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Re:Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? by marcyb5st on Monday October 24, 2022 @04:54AM (#33314328)
Yeah, they are amazing. I'm not sure about Liguria, but where I am from (Garda Lake on the Veneto side) they basically disappeared.
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Re:Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? by nonninz on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:18AM (#33314440)
As a child in the 80s I was living in a house with a large garden area (fasce) in Genova, just a bit removed from the bulk of the city.

Every summer evening the house and surrounding garden were filled with fireflies, it was mesmerizing.

Thanks for making me remember this :)

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Re:Why are there so few dead bugs on my windshield these days? by mealkh on Monday October 24, 2022 @09:47AM (#33316544)
For quite some time I thought fireflies were made up, as I have never in my life (and I do live in a rural region) seen one.
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