>> IF YOU ARE LIKE ME, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SOME SUMMER BUGS POPPING UP A BIT EARLY THIS YEAR. AND HERE TO TELL US WHY IS UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND PROFESSOR OF ENTOMOLOGY DR. MICHAEL RUPP. I LOVE YOU. YOU ARE SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT BUGS. >> THEY ARE SO COOL. >>, CRAZY OR AM I SEEING THESE LIGHTNING BUGS. YOU SAID THEY ARE OUT EARLIER. >> THEY USUALLY SHOW UP THE FIRST OR SECOND WEEK OF JUNE. I STARTED SEEING HIM TWO WEEKS AGO. THINGS ARE WARM, SO WE WILL SEE THE BUGS EARLIER. >> BECAUSE IT IS WARMER? >> WE ARE HAVING A WARM SEASON. THE LIGHTNING BUGS ARE OUT. WE ARE HAVING A SUPREME YEAR FOR GIANT SILK MOTHS. THESE ARE SPECTACULAR. >> WE WILL GET TO HIM IN A SECOND. >> ALL THE SILK MOTHS ARE ROCKING. THE MONARCHS ARE IN. >> THAT BEAUTIFUL YELLOW ONE. >> THAT IS OUR TIGER SWALLOWTAIL. THE BUTTERFLIES HAD A GREAT YEAR IN MEXICO. THE MONARCHS HAD THE BEST YEAR SINCE 2008. IT WILL BE A FANTASTIC YEAR FOR MONARCHS. >> YOU DID BRING US A LIVE LIGHTNING BUG. WE WILL LEAVE HIM THERE. TELL US ABOUT THE LIGHTNING BUG. >> THAT WAS ONE I CAUGHT LAST NIGHT. I DIDN’T WANT TO CATCH TOO MANY. YOU CAN SEE A YELLOW AREA ON ITS ABDOMEN. THAT IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. COLDFUSION. IT HAS AN ENZYME THAT BREAKS DOWN THE COMPOUND THAT PRODUCES COLD BLUE-GREEN LIGHT. >> WHAT IS THE SAFEST AMOUNT OF TIME TO KEEP A LIGHTNING BUG IN A JAR? >> THIS ONE IS BEING RELEASED WHEN I GET HOME. I THINK OVERNIGHT, THEN LET THEM GO. >> THIS IS SO MUCH FUN. >> WHAT ELSE DID YOU BRING? >> WE TALKED ABOUT A GIANT SILK MOTHS. WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THE DARKER SIDE. WE ARE SEEING AN UPSWING IN TEXT. THE BIG THREE HERE ARE THE AMERICAN DOG TICK. THIS IS THE CULPRIT. THIS IS THE BLACK LEG TICK, THE CARRIER OF LYME DISEASE. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT IS COMMON, THE LOAN STARTEK -- LONE STAR TICK. IT IS TIME TO PROTECT OURSELVES. WE ARE SEEING MOSQUITOES. >> YOU HAVE A PUNCH IN HERE. >> IT IS TIME FOR PEOPLE TO BE CAUTIOUS AS THEY GO OUTSIDE. ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AT WORK CONTRACTED LYME DISEASE THIS SEASON. I HAD THREE ON MEAT LAST WEEKEND. WHEN YOU ARE OUT WITH YOUR PETS, STATE TO THE CENTER OF THE TRAIL. IF YOU GET INTO THE WEEDS, AVOIDED THAT TICK BITE. YOU CAN WEAR REPELLENT CLOTHING OR TREAT CLOTHING WITH THIS TO KEEP OFF TICKS. DEET IS A GOOD REPELLENT. THE ONE I LIKE FOR LONG-TERM USE IS THIS ONE. IF I’M IN THE YARD, I WILL USE THIS ONE. IT IS COLD LEMON EUCALYPTUS. >> THOSE ARE GOOD PRODUCTS. ESPECIALLY SINCE CAMPING SEASON IS HERE. >> WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. IT IS A JUNGLE.