That is amazing that there can be THAT many bugs in one place. I remember when I lived in the FL panhandle, and my father in law had a houseboat on Lake Okeechobee about 500 miles from where we lived, and I'd go with him to fish sometimes as he ran commercial catfish trotlines. Anyway, there is a little 1/4" or so long, little black bug called the "Love Bug" cause all they did way fly and mate in the air, then drop to the ground and die. But anyway, you'd be going down I-75 and they would be soooo thick that the air would be black. And you'd have to stop at EVERY exit to spray the bugs out of your radiator if you didn't have a bug screen on your car so that the car wouldn't run hot, Chuck
----- Original Message ----- From: Webb, Gary To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 11:06 AM Subject: [VFB] Mayflies in the morning This morning the upper level of the clinic/hospital parking lot had a few hundred clones of the one Chuck found on his lampshade. Several were still moving, but most had died during the night. La Crosse, WI is kind on famous for large mayfly hatches. There have been some instances where the snowplows were brought out of hibernation to clean up the bridges. Several years ago a new resident parked his convertible under a street lamp with the top down. In the morning he had about 10 inches of mayfly bodies in his car. They smell like fish. I don't know what he did to salvage his car. Last night's hatch was a minor one. http://www.neatorama.com/2010/06/02/mayflies-seen-on-radar/ Gary L Webb No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2437/5087 - Release Date: 06/22/12 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
