“The Firefly Atlas is a collaborative effort to better understand and conserve the diversity of fireflies in North America. Launched in 2022, the project aims to advance our collective understanding of firefly species’ distributions, phenology, and habitat associations, as well as to identify threats to their populations. Although the Atlas tracks all species described from the US and Canada, we are currently prioritizing efforts for a subset of 13 threatened and data deficient species found in three focal regions of the US: the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, and Southwest. These priority regions were chosen based upon having a high number of threatened species and/or a high number of data deficient species.” What Can You Do Through This Project?

• Find information about how to survey for 13 focal species;
• Access survey protocols and species identification materials;
• Submit observational data, including photos;
• Identify the fireflies in your photos, with the potential for verification by experts;
• Download a species checklist for your state or province of interest;
• Learn more about fireflies, their ecology, and ongoing conservation efforts;
• Help researchers better understand the distribution of fireflies; and
• Connect with other researchers, land managers, and community scientists.