Fireflies can be found in most any state although the firefly is more common in some other states.
Fireflies can be found in Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Florida, California and also the following states which they are more easily found.
Tennessee:.
Pennsylvania:
Florida:
South Carolina:
Fireflies are found in temperate and tropical regions on every continent except Antarctica.
They live throughout the United States in parks, meadows, gardens, and woodland edges.
They are most commonly seen on summer evenings.
Fireflies also known as lightning bugs or Lampyridae are a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera with more than 2,000 described species.
They are soft-bodied beetles that are commonly called fireflies, glowworms, or lightning bugs for their conspicuous use of bioluminescence during twilight to attract mates or prey
Fireflies are harmless to humans when touched but if you try to eat the fireflies or lightning bugs they can be poisonous.
When predators attack, the fireflies start “reflex bleeding,” and produce drops of blood filled with nasty chemicals that are poisonous to lizards and birds.
They're not great for humans, either, so don't try eating them!