The Attack of the Mayflies

Or that's what it felt like! I'm assuming these are mayflies - was walking through some pine trees down by the river when all of a sudden I must have disturbed a whole swarm of them - they were all over me in an instant. Felt like the movie "Birds" in miniature. Got out of there quickly.

[Taffy]

Those wings are quite amazing -- you've captured how delicate they are so well.

[Lou Ann]

Oh my! I don’t blame you for moving on! Too much of a good thing for sure. They look a bit evil at this angle!

[Islandgirl]

Wow amazing detail!

[Dianne]

Great image. Mayflies mean the water nearby must be pretty unpolluted.

[Joanna kate]

Great detail on the wings

[Carole Sandford]

Amazing detail!

[Joy]

Great details, Fav

[Judith Johnson]

Wow, such an incredible close-up

[Jean]

You captured a great closeup

[George]

Fabulous detail this.

[Sharon Lee]

fabulous

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Beth]

Wonderful capture. I never saw such a sharp picture of them before. I was in the midst of some once around a lake and pines but I was to busy swatting them and trying to flee to really look.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Yikes- that would unnerve me but you managed to get a picture!

[gloria jones]

Excellent shot, details

[amyK]

Nice shot....prefer my bugs at a distance too!

[sarah]

Fantastic shot- these guys are so annoying around our boat

[Rick]

Yeah, wouldn't want all of them coming down on me, either. Great capture.

[Milanie]

@dide That's good to know! :) I use to water ski in this.

[Milanie]

@olivetreeann It definitely unnerved me, too, - but I had nothing else so I had to try!

[Karly]

Awesome close-up and detail. I can just see you swatting these guys like crazy:)

[Lee-Ann]

Nice shot.

[Diana]

Fabulous capture of these new to me and unusual insects. Lovely details on the wings.

[Monique]

Interesting pov

[Casablanca]

Baffles me that they are called mayflies when you find more of them in the Autumn! I wouldn't have liked them all over me either. Well done for catching a shot before you ran!

[Harbie]

Very cool shot!

[Margo]

Love those gorgeous wings

[Sue]

I hate flies but I love those wings!

[Margaret Brown]

Super capture and details

[Jane Pittenger]

Like that stretch