Cloud of bugs

June 3rd, 2011


I wanted more than my followers to see this. It is quite the thing. There are many more clouds of these little fly type bugs. They last for a few days then gone. I am sure glad they don't bite. Does anyone out there know what they are?
June 3rd, 2011
AHH I know what little bug things you're talking about! Well maybe, we have this kind of thing, just not as many..ours are kind of like little gnats. I don't know what exactly they are though..sorry!
June 3rd, 2011
I have never seen something like this before! Looks kinda scary!
June 3rd, 2011
Those are so gross. When I used to play soccer and baseball (as a kid), they'd fly around my head constantly, so I'd spend more time whacking them away than paying attention to the game. Never that many, though, thankfully!
June 3rd, 2011
Apocalypse now!
June 3rd, 2011
That's insane!
June 3rd, 2011
Birds in miniature... Hitchcock would have had a field day.... :)
June 3rd, 2011
Since you are near a large body of water I would guess they are Chironomid Midges. They emerge en masse to form these mating swarms, lay eggs and die. They don't feed as adults but can be so numerous that they can form drifts under streetlights and make being outside miserable. The other aquatic insects that have similar large emergences are mayflies.
June 3rd, 2011
Wow that would creep me out! Glad you captured it though. Thanks for sharing!
June 3rd, 2011
Whoa, never seen such a thing like this before. This totally creeps me out. Thanks for sharing, RIchard!
June 3rd, 2011
WOW thats like a locust swarm. urgh.
June 3rd, 2011
We live within walking to a lake and get this annoying flies as well. I think Robert Velten is right when he called them mayflies.
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