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Washington — Japan, which gave the world cultured pearls, is now the home of the cultured firefly.
The insect whose soft yellow glow adds a special magic to a summer’s eve has been one of the casualties of industrial progress in cities in Japan, as well as in the United States.
Firefly populations have declined to the point where some urban youngsters now grow up without ever glimpsing those will-of-thewisp flashes of light that mark a firefly’s flight through the night air.
Given Official Status Three years ago, the slowflying beetles that children love to catch in their hands received formal recognition when they were declared the official insects of Pennsylvania.
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