May flies
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Topic: May flies
Posted By: shameless dude
Subject: May flies
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2019 at 10:56pm
| what are they? someone said there are a lot of them in WI. and people have to scoop their sidewalks from them??? |
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Posted By: festus51
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2019 at 11:01pm
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I can't believe you do not get them. We get them here in East Central Ks. They look like and over grown mosquito. That is the best way I know how to describe them. ------------- We the unwilling Led by the unqualified Doing the impossible for the Ungrateful |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 1:42am
| the old lady...ooooops….I mean the loving wife told me yesterday that she and her boss saw a very large what appeared to be a mosquito on an outside wall of their building. said it was about the size of a small fist. said something was on the news that they have found very large mosquitos in York NE and they are known to carry the zeka virus. I haven't seen them yet. she said it had 4 legs in front and 2 legs on the back. is that what them may flies look like? anyone have a pic? |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 4:29am
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Posted By: desertjoe
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 5:32am
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Years ago,,when I used to fish for trout up in northern NM,,we used to look for the Mayfly hatches as that would make them trouts go crazy and start feeding,,but don't ever remember any bein more than 1/2" long and them trouts loved em,,,,  The hatches never lasted more than 30-45 minutes at a time and would stop as quick as they had started,,,,
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Posted By: Ken in Texas
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 6:32am
| I loved fishing for trout in northern New Mexico. Once after catching a few on red wigglers and cleaning them I found their bellies full of Blue Damselflies. Caught several more with carefully hooking a live Blue Damselfly on a tiny hook. Trick to getting them to bite was to float the bait. If it sunk they would not bite it. |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 8:59am
Shameless, we have Mosquito Hawks up here so you probly have em to. I've seen a Tarantula Hawk in Arizona once before to, there a little different than the Skeeter Hawk. Reason our Skeeter Hawks are so big is that our Skeeters have Woodticks on em.
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Posted By: john(MI)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 10:49am
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We call them fish flies. The NWS Doppler radar can pick up hatches as when they hatch they fly towards the light which historically is the moon. I lived in a little town in MI on the shore of a large lake. During fish fly season, every morning the fire dept. would hose them off of all of the downtown buildings and streets. When you drive on them slow you can hear them crackling under the tires. I am happy to no longer live in a fish fly area! ------------- D14, D17, 5020, 612H, CASE 446 |
Posted By: chaskaduo
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 12:00pm
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They really don't eat mosquito's, but dragonflies do, and they just spit out the ticks. ------------- 1938 B, 79 Dynamark 11/36 6spd, 95 Weed-Eater 16hp, 2010 Bolens 14hp |
Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 1:57pm
| May Flies may be a nuisance, but they don't bite like mosquitos. They no longer feed when they reach adulthood. The sole purpose is to mate and then die. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2019 at 9:37pm
| wow...thanks for rhe info and pics... I guess I've never seen them here before! |