US landfills received about 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings in 2018, and naturalists say the fall leaves many people bag and throw away are winter shelter for fireflies, moths, butterflies and native bumblebees

1.0ECOticias.comhttps://www.ecoticias.com/enAdrian Villellashttps://www.ecoticias.com/en/author/adrian-villellas/US landfills received about 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings in 2018, and naturalists say the fall leaves many people bag and throw away are winter shelter for fireflies, moths, butterflies and native bumblebeesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Vbih5r8Xm6"><a href="https://www.ecoticias.com/en/fall-leaves-landfills-fireflies-leave-leaves/53838/">US landfills received about 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings in 2018, and naturalists say the fall leaves many people bag and throw away are winter shelter for fireflies, moths, butterflies and native bumblebees</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.ecoticias.com/en/fall-leaves-landfills-fireflies-leave-leaves/53838/embed/#?secret=Vbih5r8Xm6" width="600" height="338" title="“US landfills received about 10.5 million tons of yard trimmings in 2018, and naturalists say the fall leaves many people bag and throw away are winter shelter for fireflies, moths, butterflies and native bumblebees” — ECOticias.com" data-secret="Vbih5r8Xm6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.ecoticias.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/eastern-firefly-leaf-celari817-768x432.jpg600338