Join the hunt for the Little Gray Firefly!
We are looking for the Little Gray Firefly (Photinus marginellus) in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in order to understand its response to light pollution. We need your help finding out where they are! Learn more about our firefly project and its implications for conservation here.
We are looking for volunteers to survey potential sites after sunset. No experience required! The map below shows our regions of interest. You can conduct a firefly expedition on your own by walking around near forest edges, fields, and lawns at sites in urban Boston, Worcester, and Providence (white circles) or their rural surrounds (black circles). Email us at owenslabfirefly@gmail.com to let us know!
Sign up to become a firefly hunter!
If you’ve spotted a Little Gray Firefly, we want to hear about it! Please send an email to owenslabfirefly@gmail.comwith “firefly sighting” in the subject line. Include the following, if possible:
✦ Date and time of sighting
✦ Location of sighting
✦ Description of habitat
✦ Description of flash behavior
✦ Video of its flash behavior, if possible
✦ Photo of it in your hand, if possible