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09-04-2009, 11:58 PM
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Location: Madison, Alabama
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What are the tiny white bugs flying around?
What are ALL of these tiny little white bugs that are swarming? We are in Madison...does anyone have a clue what the heck these things are? There are thousands of them, literally!
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09-05-2009, 05:50 AM
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Location: Hampton Cove, Huntsville, AL
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We've seen lots of little black bugs at the soccer fields in the evenings. Their about the size of a 1/4 grain of rice. They don't bite; they swarm, maybe 10-20 around your head; they land on you. If you stand up from your seat, walk away and come back, there's a whole bunch of them in your seat. They get in your hair.
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09-05-2009, 06:30 AM
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We've been seeing them too in the great city of Elkmont. I have no clue what they are. They're everywhere!
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09-05-2009, 08:52 AM
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Location: Somewhere in northern Alabama
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Sounds like the black bugs I've been seeing around the corn this year.
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09-05-2009, 08:58 AM
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They look like whiteflies to me...
here in Harvest, but I don't see any of their "webs" on foliage like I did when I had whiteflies in CA... so maybe they are something else?  We need some local experts here to chime in... I've been here only a month and am still trying to figure out what all these different plantings/insects are. It's a different world... better, though!  |
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09-05-2009, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by harry chickpea
Sounds like the black bugs I've been seeing around the corn this year.
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That explains it. I guess I'll start using Charmin instead. |
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09-05-2009, 12:01 PM
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I am a native southerner and I don't know what those little white things are. We have them everywhere too.
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09-06-2009, 12:53 AM
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I heard they were called "cottonflies." They look like little pieces of lint. I have lived here for 10 years and have never seen them until this summer. They are everywhere.
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09-06-2009, 05:24 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: North Alabama
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I have been here all my life and do not know what your talking about. Some of you carpet baggers may have brought them with you....LOL
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09-06-2009, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Alabama!
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They could be whiteflies, but you usually find them on plants, not people.They can infest azaleas, among others.
The black bugs....gnats?
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