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When I was a kid, I used to find it a lot, but now I haven't seen it for maybe more than 20 years. Is it extinct in all of Nigeria or just in my city?

It's still very much available. I think it's more available during the farming season. I saw them last year but can't the exact period-either the beginning of farming (raining season or ending).

E don tey I see this insect

Fire flies .....i also hardly see butterflies again ..


So I guess d debate about climate change is true after all...we r killing life in our planet...but wat must b must b

Very great observation. I personally saw this as far back 2004. Since then never seen them again

Light pollution.
Some scientific papers attributed distruption in its mating process.
Fireflies use their bioilluminious characteristic to find mate at night. But due to lightings and urbanization by human, they don't get the chance to see a mate. Hence, no mate- no fertilization - no offspring

Conestone:
When I was a kid, I used to find it a lot, but now I haven't seen it for maybe more than 20 years. Is it extinct in all of Nigeria or just in my city?

I questioned this year's back. A lot has changed. I believe they are in abundance somewhere in remote areas where chemicals are less utilized on farm lands. But in the urban areas, it would be rare even when the rain abound.

Plant a garden or flowers, they will come. It doesn’t have to be big.

I have beautiful butterflies and birds visit my garden all the time.

I even had silk worms at a time but they were so destructive I had to get rid of them.

rowland545:
Fire flies .....i also hardly see butterflies again ..


So I guess d debate about climate change is true after all...we r killing life in our planet...but wat must b must b

Wao village things. How many like this I have killed when I was growing up in other to extract the so called "lamp" attached to that abdomen? Ignorance eh? I guess those who still farm in the villages will still see some, but urbanisation has driven most of them away. @nlfpm

thesolutions:

I questioned this year's back. A lot has changed. I believe they are in abundance somewhere in remote areas where chemicals are less utilized on farm lands. But in the urban areas, it would be rare even when the rain abound.

I believe you can still find in remote areas in Lagos. I saw one in my compound last year . I have a small garden in my compound

na hunger don kpai dem...

Fireflies!!!
That's my childhood led-light - collect some in a glass bottle and watch as your room glow like a discotheque at night!
The price we pay for urbanization sometime...

Fireflies oh my

chai! I how sometimes we go burst this insect belle to see wether we fit bring out the light 🤣

jabberjawz:
Effects of urbanization.... driving d animals farther away from us.


Topics like these barely make it to Nairaland front page....Sex related, Pull him/her down, Wike or other useless topics get to the front page effortlessly.

You just struck the nail straight into Seun's head...




@op, the insect is still very much available...


Glowinsects!

Isn't that fire flies

wizelink:
It's still very much available. I think it's more available during the farming season. I saw them last year but can't the exact period-either the beginning of farming (raining season or ending).

Forget farming season... when I was at ikorodu those days ikorodu was still Forest this thing shows up every night every where, they light up your room....

Effect of urbanization..... nature would go away

Environmental pollution. Same thing with lizards. I no longer see those.

Extinction or maybe migration.

I ! They seems scarce in recent times.

We called it Tana tana

Bushes are no longer much around in the cities.. Back then in town you can still hunt for some animals but now nothing as such

Even Idanre monkeys no sabi jump again as they have cut the trees

They're called fireflies.

Reminds me of the track FIREFLIES by Owl City. No, they've not been completely destroyed.

Their natural habitat is gradually being destroyed by mankind.

That's what

Conestone:
When I was a kid, I used to find it a lot, but now I haven't seen it for maybe more than 20 years. Is it extinct in all of Nigeria or just in my city?

Now you reminded me, I've not seen them in ages. Maybe it's because I live in a city. I'd ask village people if they're still there. I think they're called fireflies.

Which kind yeye question be this


Normally e no suppose better for APC and their ers.

Mine not UpTo 20 years I last saw this insect but since I came to my new environment I have haven't seen it.

But I think it settles in areas like bushes

Wen all of una carry unasef go Lekki with little or no horticulture. Bricks bricks everywhere.
Some wey full my compound for badagry

Conestone:
When I was a kid, I used to find it a lot, but now I haven't seen it for maybe more than 20 years. Is it extinct in all of Nigeria or just in my city?

Tinubu vanquished them with his next level mantra na

When your relatives were calling them evil insects and killing them nko?
Dem don die finish. The rest don run comot for Naija!

Wow nice thread

Conestone:
When I was a kid, I used to find it a lot, but now I haven't seen it for maybe more than 20 years. Is it extinct in all of Nigeria or just in my city?

I hardly see them now, you are very observant may be oyinbo should give you job to monitor animal extinction