Patch Notes

HOTFIX: The Lightning Bug That Came Back From the Missing List

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A firefly missing from scientific records since nineteen eighty-three has been found again, and a new correction reveals two independent sightings in Virginia and Delaware. Wade Mercer explores the beetle’s remarkable blinking signal, the science of rediscovery, and why careful fieldwork still matters. A genuinely hopeful Hotfix with a few very small lights.