MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • July 18, 2021
When I was growing up in central Maine, in the 1950s, any time we filled the tank in the car with gas, we had to wash the windshield because it was covered with the remains of many moths and insects. As a kid, I delighted in going onto the front lawn and seeing many lightning bugs flying above. I have not had to wash dead bug bodies from the windshields of our cars for many years. This summer, I saw two lightning bugs in our backyard trying to find a mate. If there are no bugs, what do the birds eat? Who will be next to go? ~ Bill Lucas, Kennebunk