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I just moved to north Georgia recently, and I've never seen so many fireflies in my life - thousands of them. But we don't use pesticides, and I don't think my

by calebm 4y ago

I just moved to north Georgia recently, and I've never seen so many fireflies in my life - thousands of them. But we don't use pesticides, and I don't think my nearby neighbors do either. We also keep a good bit of grass pretty long most of the time.

ramesh31 4y ago
>I just moved to north Georgia recently, and I've never seen so many fireflies in my life - thousands of them. They are peaking this week https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm
- exhilaration 4y ago
  Can you explain this link a little further? It looks like there's so many fireflies at this national park that they have to grant access via lottery? That's amazing, I'm on the east coast and would drive to something like this. Is it really as awesome as I'm imagining?
  - dontbenebby 4y ago
    And posts like these are why they need a lottery, some things should be esoteric knowledge and kept offline.
    - ramesh31 4y ago
      Well, GSNP is the most heavily visited National Park in the US, so that's mostly it. There's really nothing special about this place in particular though. The whole area is lit up right now.
      - dontbenebby 4y ago
        >Well, GSNP is the most heavily visited National Park in the US That's a fair point! But did people know that it's specifically known for the fireflies? :-) (I'd expect most people look at a list of the most visited and pick based on things like cost and drivability and adjacent issues, like costs of mosquito nets, but I can understand if it's literally just "yeah, in natural parks there's lots of nature, why does this suprise dontbenebby?")
  - fma 4y ago
    They aren't regular ol fireflies, they are synchronous fireflies.
thieving_magpie 4y ago
Nice to see others in tech moving to N. Georgia. Welcome!
xeromal 4y ago
Hope you enjoy your stay/life in N. GA. It's where I was born and raised. Don't forget to go swimming in a lake this summer. lol
dontbenebby 4y ago
>But we don't use pesticides Makes sense. The woo woo people get obsessed with GMOs etc when the real issue is monoculture paired with excessive chemicals to keep the monoculture from being eaten up rather than several varieties of... whatever... that each may resist different types of bugs. (Though to be fair, I've never been to Georgia, just talked about it with folks who have.)
- bencollier49 4y ago
  But if the GMOs are made resistant to pesticides and weedkillers, that encourages the excessive use of chemicals to promote a monoculture.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 4y ago
  >In 2015, 89% of corn, 94% of soybeans, and 89% of cotton produced in the United States were from strains that were genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant - including but not limited to glyphosate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Genetically_modified_crops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Genetically_modifie...
beauzero 4y ago
Good to see you moved to Georgia. We did about 20 years ago. Biggest difference I have seen lately in the tech scene is there are a lot more jobs outside of Atlanta. The salary/cost of living cannot be beaten (lived in MT, AZ, ID, SD prior to GA).

by calebm 4y ago

ramesh31 4y ago

>I just moved to north Georgia recently, and I've never seen so many fireflies in my life - thousands of them. They are peaking this week https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm https://www.nps.gov/grsm/learn/nature/fireflies.htm

exhilaration 4y ago
Can you explain this link a little further? It looks like there's so many fireflies at this national park that they have to grant access via lottery? That's amazing, I'm on the east coast and would drive to something like this. Is it really as awesome as I'm imagining?
- dontbenebby 4y ago
  And posts like these are why they need a lottery, some things should be esoteric knowledge and kept offline.
  - ramesh31 4y ago
    Well, GSNP is the most heavily visited National Park in the US, so that's mostly it. There's really nothing special about this place in particular though. The whole area is lit up right now.
    - dontbenebby 4y ago
      >Well, GSNP is the most heavily visited National Park in the US That's a fair point! But did people know that it's specifically known for the fireflies? :-) (I'd expect most people look at a list of the most visited and pick based on things like cost and drivability and adjacent issues, like costs of mosquito nets, but I can understand if it's literally just "yeah, in natural parks there's lots of nature, why does this suprise dontbenebby?")
- fma 4y ago
  They aren't regular ol fireflies, they are synchronous fireflies.

thieving_magpie 4y ago

Nice to see others in tech moving to N. Georgia. Welcome!

xeromal 4y ago

Hope you enjoy your stay/life in N. GA. It's where I was born and raised. Don't forget to go swimming in a lake this summer. lol

dontbenebby 4y ago

>But we don't use pesticides Makes sense. The woo woo people get obsessed with GMOs etc when the real issue is monoculture paired with excessive chemicals to keep the monoculture from being eaten up rather than several varieties of... whatever... that each may resist different types of bugs. (Though to be fair, I've never been to Georgia, just talked about it with folks who have.)

bencollier49 4y ago
But if the GMOs are made resistant to pesticides and weedkillers, that encourages the excessive use of chemicals to promote a monoculture.
rcMgD2BwE72F 4y ago
>In 2015, 89% of corn, 94% of soybeans, and 89% of cotton produced in the United States were from strains that were genetically modified to be herbicide-tolerant - including but not limited to glyphosate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Genetically_modified_crops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate#Genetically_modifie...

beauzero 4y ago

Good to see you moved to Georgia. We did about 20 years ago. Biggest difference I have seen lately in the tech scene is there are a lot more jobs outside of Atlanta. The salary/cost of living cannot be beaten (lived in MT, AZ, ID, SD prior to GA).