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Here we are: hooray for May!
The black flies are now out in hordes.
Here is a photo of one in the house, with a flash, and another on the screen.
There is the odd mosquito, but not many. It is too cold! We have been a bit colder, usually our temperature is 5 degrees below that of Toronto. Our night time temps have been -2 in open areas sometimes. Yesterday was frigid with the wind. One needs to bundle up.
The bugs have begun. I have not found them too bad at the lake, where wind bl
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For more information on Muskoka bugs, see this post from June, 2008. Currently, we await the hatching of the black flies. They like the cooler weather. Next, come the mosquitoes.
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We have seasons for bugs: June and July, brings various critters out.
The tourists are nuts. They were out fishin', too! Drivers in a hurry. Roadside memorials do not dissuade them. Las
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We have had dry weather; there is no daytime burning. Yet, there are flooded spots in Gravenhurst.
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For the curious...
3 comments:
Thanks for dropping by my blog and commenting on tools. Probably a good thing I was not at the auction. I avoided my grandfather's auction for the same reason.
Meanwhile, outside, we have had mosquitoes for a couple of weeks but nothing biting too much yet. I am also seeing a few black flies as of yesterday. On an even more disturbing note, I had a wood tick on me two weeks ago. I do not like the fact that they are coming further north.
It is as I thought. I love the wind. The sun warms and keeps the bugs down, too. Keep those sleeves long and pants tucked in!
Can anyone identify the bug for me?!
I remember black flies from a trip we took to the east coast. They really hurt! A friend had just had a perm and they ate up her forehead, I guess they were attracted to the smell still on her skin. So far we only have a few mosquitoes up the lake. But when we rode our quads to a smaller lake they were already hatching and hungry. - Margy
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