This happens because fireflies are cold blooded, which means they require and depend on warmth in their environment to function on a daily basis.ĭid you know? During late May on the Smoky Mountains there is a synchronous firefly display that you can attend.ĭepending on the weather, these insects will appear sooner depending on if we had a mild winter or not. When overnight temperatures are warm, fireflies can thrive with an abundance of flashes of light, but on nights where temperatures drop into the 50s for example, their flashes occur a lot slower and less frequent. Weather plays a role not only when during the year you see them, but in how frequent you see the flashes of light in a given night. This is when temperatures start to warm up enough for the larvae to emerge from the ground. These insects love the warm, humid weather. This is why they are sometimes referred to as the “muggy bugs,” and why summertime is the perfect time of year where they like to come out ranging from mid May to mid June.
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