If nothing else, Gov. Eric Holcomb can check off one box from the legislative agenda he laid out at the start of the year. Indiana has an official state insect. “I know this bill bugged some of my ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Cumberland Elementary School students have created a petition they hope will create more momentum in their quest to name the Say's firefly Indiana's state insect. A ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WHTM) — Fireflies are a beloved sign of summer and Pennsylvania’s state insect, but along with other insects around the globe, experts worry that their populations are declining due to ...

Pennsylvania's state insect is the eye-catching firefly. Its scientific name is "Photuris pennsylvanica."The firefly was named the state insect on April 10, 1974.A stunning sight during midsummer ...

It’s an age-old debate that divides families, friends, states and nations: Lightning bugs or fireflies? You chased them as a kid, captured them in your hands. Maybe even put them in jars for an hour ...

Illinois has its Monarch butterfly. Ohio has its ladybug. And Indiana has, well, nothing. No official state insect. Now a second-grade class at Cumberland Elementary School in West Lafayette has ...

Lists of insect species are useful for insect biologists and students in several fields, including taxonomy, behavioral ecology, conservation, and biological control, and they are useful to the ...

It’s a proposal that’s been kicked around for decades in the General Assembly, but now the stars seemed aligned for 2018. Nope, not Sunday liquor sales. The flashy firefly is poised, in all its ...

Fireflies have long been a staple of summertime, ordinary insects by day that become dancing sparks of light at night. Sadly, their magic is disappearing. One in three firefly species may be at risk ...