Very Large Numbers Of Very Small Flying Bugs?
(PeteCresswell)
Penna, USA), there are often clouds of very small flying insects.
1-2mm max.
Sometimes they look a little like photos I've seen of aurora
borealis - but without the coloring. I.e. curtain-like masses.
Today they were so thick that, even with my head down, I managed
to inhale a couple lungfuls of the things.
I know my description is hopelessly lacking in detail... but can
anybody offer up an explanation for these creatures?
First thing that comes to my mind is that they've gotta eat
*something*..... or do they? Some sort of hatching behavior?
Mating behavior?
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RolandL
They aren't blackflies, or you'be bit. Maybe mayflies? Adult mayflies have
no digestive tract. Their only purpose is to mate, lay eggs in the water,
and die. But there are plenty of other aquatic insects, so your guess is
as good as mine.
Jim Elbrecht
>When I ride to work along a small river (Perkiomen Creek - S.E.
>Penna, USA), there are often clouds of very small flying insects.
>1-2mm max.
>
>Sometimes they look a little like photos I've seen of aurora
>borealis - but without the coloring. I.e. curtain-like masses.
>
>Today they were so thick that, even with my head down, I managed
>to inhale a couple lungfuls of the things.
>
>I know my description is hopelessly lacking in detail... but can
>anybody offer up an explanation for these creatures?
Find a local trout fishing group. They can tell you what is hatching,
when.
>
>First thing that comes to my mind is that they've gotta eat
>*something*..... or do they? Some sort of hatching behavior?
>Mating behavior?
Some insects only eat as larvae and not as adults.
Jim
Larry Caldwell
((PeteCresswell)) says...
Sounds like gnats or midges. Male fungus gnats swarm at sunset in large
bodies of thousands of gnats, called a "ghost". They are common
throughout North America.
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Ann
What's referred to here as gnats, but more correctly midges?
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Now, for an OT followup, I finally have PBS!!! And, allegedly, tonight
the local ABC/CBS station - after missing two dates (2/17 and 4/25) - is
going to fire up their digital transmitter.
It's been interesting. As the trees leafed out and some stations cut back
on analog, channels were going away, so I got a Winegard 8-element
UHF-only antenna. It's mounted on wheels so I can roll it around.
(Literally, a heavy lamp base picked up at an auction years ago.) It's
enough better than the conventional VHF/UHF antenna I was using that the
PBS station is watchable.
The downside of the new antenna is that it's poor at VHF and is more
directional. When it's aimed at the PBS tower, it doesn't receive the NBC
station's digital transmission, from a different tower. It's ok now
because NBC digital is on RF-2, so can be picked up with a little 16"
antenna plugged onto one of the bolts on the UHF antenna. Don't know about
when their analog goes off and digital goes to 18. The ABC/CBS station is
now transmitting from the NBC tower but digital will be from the PBS
tower. Unless they somehow manage to screw it up, it should be ok since
they will be twice the wattage of PBS,
I haven't watched Charlie Rose yet, but did recognize having seen him
before when PBS broadcast an ad for his show.
(PeteCresswell)
>I haven't watched Charlie Rose yet, but did recognize having seen him
>before when PBS broadcast an ad for his show.
>
Do you record?
I watch him a lot but, for my money, he's scheduled hopelessly
late around here and I'd never even know he existed if I didn't
record the show and watch during normal waking hours.
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Bill who putters
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(PeteCresswell)
Thanks.
And it's a perfect fit rez-wise for a talking head show - which
Charlie Rose is in spades.
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Ann
> Per Ann:
>>I haven't watched Charlie Rose yet, but did recognize having seen him
>>before when PBS broadcast an ad for his show.
>>
>>
> Do you record?
I have the capability to record, but less likely to do so than in the
pre-internet era. <g> Time is ok for me, just a matter of remembering to
take a look at it.
Elmo
> On Fri, 29 May 2009 19:28:31 -0400, (PeteCresswell) wrote:
>
>> When I ride to work along a small river (Perkiomen Creek - S.E. Penna,
>> USA), there are often clouds of very small flying insects. 1-2mm max.
>>
>> Sometimes they look a little like photos I've seen of aurora borealis -
>> but without the coloring. I.e. curtain-like masses.
>>
>> Today they were so thick that, even with my head down, I managed to inhale
>> a couple lungfuls of the things.
>>
>> I know my description is hopelessly lacking in detail... but can anybody
>> offer up an explanation for these creatures?
>>
>> First thing that comes to my mind is that they've gotta eat
>> *something*..... or do they? Some sort of hatching behavior? Mating
>> behavior?
>
> What's referred to here as gnats, but more correctly midges?
>
> =============
> Now, for an OT followup, I finally have PBS!!! And, allegedly, tonight
> the local ABC/CBS station - after missing two dates (2/17 and 4/25) - is
> going to fire up their digital transmitter.
ABC _and_ CBS? WTF?
Ann
Also CW. Except CW will be only on Time-Warner cable for a while
(indefinitely?). OTA CBS is not HD; there apparently is only enough
bandwidth on a channel for one HD transmission.
Paul Revere's Horse
Called a Lek, they are screwing. or what passes for screwing in fungus
gnats or whatever kind of insect you are seeing.
(PeteCresswell)
>Called a Lek, they are screwing. or what passes for screwing in fungus
>gnats or whatever kind of insect you are seeing.
Do they eat? Or is one of those situations where the maggot or
whatever does the eating and the winged stage just reproduces and
dies?
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