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Natural History Museum entomologist briefs Utah County on Western Firefly Project
Summary
Christy Bills of the Natural History Museum of Utah described a citizen‑science effort documenting bioluminescent firefly populations across the Intermountain West, urged residents to report sightings and avoid collecting specimens, and noted Utah County has numerous verified populations.
Christy Bills, an entomologist at the Natural History Museum of Utah, told the Utah County Commission on May 14 that the Western Firefly Project has documented bioluminescent firefly populations across much of the Intermountain West and that Utah County contains numerous verified sites.
Bills said the project began in 2013 after she and a BYU collaborator, entomologist Seth Bybee, started soliciting reports from residents, state…
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