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by OntPhoto on Thu Jul 24, 2014 6:43 pm

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According to CBS News, during the evening of July 20, 2014 the larger black/brown species of mayflies hatched in such large numbers that the event was picked up by the weather radar service from 8:30pm to midnight..

http://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mayfly-hatch-overwhelms-minnesota-wisconsin/

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by SantaFeJoe on Thu Jul 24, 2014 7:13 pm

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Same thing happened around here recently with grasshoppers/locusts. I believe it also happened with skeeters about a month ago.

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by OntPhoto on Thu Jul 24, 2014 9:37 pm

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SantaFeJoe wrote:Same thing happened around here recently with grasshoppers/locusts. I believe it also happened with skeeters about a month ago.

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I can take grasshoppers but mosquitos in that large a number, it gives me the willies. There is not enough DEET to get me to go outside.

PS, Now is the season to see fireflies up here. I went to my first location but there were too many mosquitos. I may have stayed anyways but something else made me decide to go find another location. The second location had very few mosquitos and a decent number of fireflies and a flying bat. I'm not crazy about bats per se but I understand some species of bats do eat mosquitos. I think fireflies and mosquitos prefer the same type of moist habitat.

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