Talk:Photinus carolinus

Location
Wikipedia is an international website with readership from around the globe. Stating the insect is found "in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park" is highly non-specific; a National Park of what country? Being able to recognise the name of a foreign National Park simply because it is in the USA is not something that should be assumed for an international readership. Of course anybody who cares to can follow the link to find out, but they really shouldn't have to. Sorry if that got verbose. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.237.26.45 (talk) 11:40, 26 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks very much for your suggestion. I had assumed the link would identify the place but I will put something more informative in the article as well.   Sharktopus  talk  14:49, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

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Lottery system
from a NatGeo article, worth condensing and adding the info? (article specific to Photinus carolinus)

In Elkmont, crowding became such an issue that the national park introduced a lottery system to protect its vulnerable beetles from too much “entomo-tourism,” as the IUCN defines it. Fewer than 1,000 out of the 20,000 to 50,000 people who apply to the lottery every spring succeed. Watoga has experienced a spike in tourism since the discovery of its synchronous fireflies and Dark Sky designation, with June visitation shooting up 34 percent from 2019 to 2022. “Our number one concern at this point is understanding this sensitive species,” says Jody Spencer, Watoga’s superintendent, who is designing Watoga’s own permitting system. &#45;rudyard (talk) 19:04, 17 May 2024 (UTC)