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Have seen may flies so thick, in WI. and Minn., around the Mississippi that they had to scrape the roads with a snow plow. The bridges on the Mississippi would be inches deep in them and the squished bug were like driving on ice. This doesn't happen very often, they don't wash off easy but they don't ruin the paint.
Have seen may flies so thick, in WI. and Minn., around the Mississippi that they had to scrape the roads with a snow plow. The bridges on the Mississippi would be inches deep in them and the squished bug were like driving on ice. This doesn't happen very often, they don't wash off easy but they don't ruin the paint.
Yes, I grew up in the NW corner of Illinois on the Mississippi River. I have never heard of any bugs by the names in this thread EXCEPT May flies. Back home they were called Shad flies or May flies by some people. They only lived 24 hours and smelled like rotting fish. Are these the same bugs the OP is talking about?
I do remember covering the grill of my car with grill-screen during certain times of the year when I lived in the pan-handle in the 70's. Or L.A. as we referred to it... for 'lower Alabama'...
Had a friend in town flying out of O'Hare yesterday, had driven a rental vehicle up from New Orleans and it was plastered with love bugs. Feel bad for the porter at O'Hare that had to clean that one up.
Another reason I never care to live in the south again.
Had a friend in town flying out of O'Hare yesterday, had driven a rental vehicle up from New Orleans and it was plastered with love bugs. Feel bad for the porter at O'Hare that had to clean that one up.
Another reason I never care to live in the south again.
Things could be worse down here. At least our alligators don’t fly.
Things could be worse down here. At least our alligators don’t fly.
Steve
It could be worse alright. Was -23F when this picture was taken at the end of January, amid a week of daytime high temps that did not break -10F. Difference is, I know how to deal with cold and snow.
But during my 2 years of living on the gulf coast, I never got used to the bugs, the rain, and the heat.
It could be worse alright. Was -23F when this picture was taken at the end of January, amid a week of daytime high temps that did not break -10F. Difference is, I know how to deal with cold and snow.
But during my 2 years of living on the gulf coast, I never got used to the bugs, the rain, and the heat.
Nearly everything is relative.
I spent 7 years in the frozen tundra (aka Minnesota). The coldest I saw was -30 (air temp, not wind chill). As nice as the summer is up there, I’ll take the love bugs down here if I have to live in one location year round.
I do remember covering the grill of my car with grill-screen during certain times of the year when I lived in the pan-handle in the 70's. Or L.A. as we referred to it... for 'lower Alabama'...
GUSTO
Gusto.....
How did you find my picture
And I am from Mobile originally and always told everyone I was born and raised in LA, lower Alabama!!!!!
Yes, I grew up in the NW corner of Illinois on the Mississippi River. I have never heard of any bugs by the names in this thread EXCEPT May flies. Back home they were called Shad flies or May flies by some people. They only lived 24 hours and smelled like rotting fish. Are these the same bugs the OP is talking about?
Nope....this is a luv bug ( actually 2 of them....and normally how you see them). Now you know why we call them telephone bugs, they say hello and hang up.
Their eggs will literally take the paint off your car if you leave them on the car for too long.
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