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Bailey Guns
10-19-2017, 17:22
I don't know what these bugs are. They fly in huge swarms. I mean by the multi-millions. They are so thick sometimes on the highway it almost completely obscures your windshield when you drive thru a swarm. Tonight they've decided to swarm at my house. They don't bite or anything. They are very, very delicate...like little puffs of light blue powder. The slightest touch will crush them.

It was pretty amazing to see this sight...they're swarming over about 3 or 4 acres. So dense are the swarms that you almost can't breathe if you walk thru it because they get in your eyes, nose, ears, throat...you can't take a breath without inhaling dozens of them. I'm glad they're not mosquitoes.

https://i.imgur.com/pLN5mCj.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/lvpFUG8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/EePXqYF.jpg
BushMasterBoy
10-19-2017, 17:26
I would burn some brush in a drum. Bugs hate smoke. Bet they want in the house too.
Bailey Guns
10-19-2017, 17:27
Too damp right now. And they'll be gone before I could light a fire anyway. Weirdest damn thing I've ever seen.
BushMasterBoy
10-19-2017, 17:30
Well I am glad they aren't "killer bees".
00tec
10-19-2017, 17:57
Woolly aphids?

http://www.naturallynorthidaho.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Woolly-aphids1.jpg
Bailey Guns
10-19-2017, 18:23
Woolly aphids?

Exactly! Also called "dusky ash aphids". Wife brought home the Lewiston paper...front page had a story about how they were bad this year. Harmless, but annoying.
Gman
10-19-2017, 18:28
Aw, just knock it off with trying to dissuade anyone wanting to seek refuge in Idaho. Was probably Photoshopped.
Bailey Guns
10-19-2017, 18:31
Annnnd...they're gone. Don't know where they went, but they've moved on somewhere.
Bailey Guns
10-19-2017, 18:34
Aw, just knock it off with trying to dissuade anyone wanting to seek refuge in Idaho. Was probably Photoshopped.

Well, it was worth a shot!

But seriously...there is no shortage of bugs up here. Luckily mosquitoes are rare...which completely baffles me because it seems like it would be the perfect place for them.
Gman
10-19-2017, 18:50
Well, it was worth a shot!

But seriously...there is no shortage of bugs up here. Luckily mosquitoes are rare...which completely baffles me because it seems like it would be the perfect place for them.
Yeah, Montana has their fair share as well. Drove through a cloud of little suckers and.....there goes the visibility through the windshield. Since mosquitoes have to start their lifecycle in calm water, I'm not surprised that you don't have many. The water is either moving or the larvae are being consumed by fish.
GilpinGuy
10-19-2017, 18:50
Bugs feed trout. [Flower]
Bailey Guns
10-19-2017, 18:54
And big ole salmon. Mmmmmm....
00tec
10-19-2017, 19:04
If I had that many bugs, forget burning brush, I would be burning tires.
BushMasterBoy
10-19-2017, 22:02
It is so bad in Colorado, I have seen flying ticks!
TheGrey
10-20-2017, 12:12
My hometown in Minnesota has the same thing, only with Mayflies. They get so bad that the roads are slick.
BladesNBarrels
10-20-2017, 16:03
Used to see the mormon cricket migration when we went to Flaming Gorge in Utah

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Gman
10-20-2017, 17:34
Used to see the mormon cricket migration when we went to Flaming Gorge in Utah

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Coffee and beer should keep them away.
Mazin
10-20-2017, 22:31
Aw, just knock it off with trying to dissuade anyone wanting to seek refuge in Idaho. Was probably Photoshopped.

LMAO that was my exact first thought Bailey trying to keep his paradise away from the riff raff [Beer]
cstone
10-20-2017, 22:43
Coffee and beer should keep them away.

Doesn't work on the jack mormon crickets. [Coffee]
Bailey Guns
10-17-2018, 16:13
Aannnndd they're back.

Driving home today I thought there was some smoke coming from a campsite on the river. Nope. Just the annual aphid infestation. Swarming around the house pretty good. Luckily they won't fly under the roof of the front or back porch/deck so not too many get in the house. Next it'll be spiders building their webs between the windows and the screens catching some other little gnat-like bugs by the millions.
ChickNorris
10-17-2018, 16:32
Of course, I find insects & bugs interesting. Im glad you resurrected this thread, thanks. Cheers
Scanker19
10-17-2018, 17:07
Bugs make a crunchy addition to any salad...
Bailey Guns
10-17-2018, 17:45
Bugs make a crunchy addition to any salad...

Here's the swarm from just a bit ago. Help yourself!

https://i.imgur.com/CdOQMdN.jpg
Gman
10-17-2018, 21:09
One last hurrah before winter.
BladesNBarrels
10-18-2018, 09:27
Time to "match the hatch" and get out the old fly rod.