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So I'm in town for a couple of days and there seems to be swarms of flies everywhere: in every store and every restaurant. I am batting away one which keeps landing on my head as I write this. What gives?
So I'm in town for a couple of days and there seems to be swarms of flies everywhere: in every store and every restaurant. I am batting away one which keeps landing on my head as I write this. What gives?
It's your out of town, out of this world cologne. I haven't seen a fly all day.
It's been very wet this year, which may explain the flies. Mosquitoes have been TERRIBLE in rural SD this year. On the up-side, there seem to be lots more butterflies!
The only way to get rid of bug population is to move to a semi arid climate like eastern Colorado, or Rapid City during a "normal" year. The trend has been more and more precipitation going further west into the great plains... which leaves having to move further west into say Montana, eastern Colorado, or the desert Southwest, to escape the bugs.
The plus side of being out here is having the wind and lack of treecover to help keep the bugs in hiding during the daytime. In wooded areas they'll be around day and night, protected from sunlight and wind.
Mosquitoes were not a problem last year in the Hills. 2 yrs of extra rain did seem to increase the population of Bees & Wasps, probably because of more wildflowers growing in open spaces. We had a lot of sweet clover and sunflowers along with a lot of other species that are hard to identify as you drive by.
The only way to get rid of bug population is to move to a semi arid climate like eastern Colorado, or Rapid City during a "normal" year. The trend has been more and more precipitation going further west into the great plains... which leaves having to move further west into say Montana, eastern Colorado, or the desert Southwest, to escape the bugs.
The plus side of being out here is having the wind and lack of treecover to help keep the bugs in hiding during the daytime. In wooded areas they'll be around day and night, protected from sunlight and wind.
I was born in Kansas, moved to Iowa for my teen years, then Texas and Alaska before ending up in Wyoming for nearly 50 years. I've been a camper most of those years, and have traveled most of the U.S. and central and western Canada doing lots and lots of fishing and camping.
Probably the worst bug infestation I've ever seen was in southeastern Colorado -- within a 100 miles or so of Pueblo. The worst mosquito infestation I've seen was in northwest Montana. Holy Cow! Luckily I was on my way (flying) to a fishing trip in Alaska and had masks and other cover to keep the mosquitos off, mainly as protection should the plane go down.
I've probably seen a few more miller moths right here in Wyoming when it's one of those horrible years every decade or two, but they're just a little pain in the you-know-what. They don't bite or sting, just buzz around and often find their way into homes you thought were bug-proof.
I don't recall what they were just now, but 25 years ago my (late) wife and I were camping across SE Canada and came across some kind of small bug that swarmed something fierce. I think her main goal in life was to photograph every wild flower in the world, so every now and then I was instructed to stop so she could get some closeups of flowers, and she ended up so bug-bitten that it took more than a month to heal.
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