HoarfrostHubb Posted yesterday at 12:51 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:51 AM 16 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Black flies bite. Kevin is talking about different things. We don’t have black flies. We have black flies here. And gnats. And mosquitoes. And deer flies. And ticks. I hate bugs. 1 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM One of my favorite things anyone ever invented is that fly swatter that looks like a tennis racket. Bzzzzzzxttttt!!! electric death. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted yesterday at 12:55 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:55 AM Fruit flies have been bad here all winter too, Usually they're a summer problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoarfrostHubb Posted yesterday at 12:59 AM Share Posted yesterday at 12:59 AM And in September the yellow jackets emerge!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdxken Posted yesterday at 01:00 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:00 AM 25 minutes ago, CoastalWx said: Those don’t bite. Just annoying. Yeah they do. Same Black flies as the rest of Massachusetts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damage In Tolland Posted yesterday at 01:01 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:01 AM 8 minutes ago, powderfreak said: Dude I give you huge props for running every morning in that. They are absolutely brutal in the woods there. Back in high school and college, spending the summers living and working in Woodstock I would suffer through running the dirt roads through the woods around those parts (we were 1.5 miles from any pavement, so could do a quick out and back at 3 miles, or longer 5 mile loops with some minor pavement running). It was so bad that several times a week I would actually drive to the Woodstock track and athletic complex that was out in the open, mowed around it, tennis courts, etc. The deer flies didn't hit you at the track. Sometimes I'd rather run around in a circle 12 to 20 times at the track, bored out of my mind, than deal with 2-6 deer flies buzzing and trying to bite you the whole time while running the dirt roads. They love the humid continental climate we have here . This week they will be out in full force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoCORH4L Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:07 AM Black to flies like to swarm around your head and periodically bite, but they're slow. Deer flies ping your head non stop then occasionally get your neck. I found wearing a hat helps quite a bit for them. I'll literally be on the ATV looking back and they'll be right on my tail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted yesterday at 01:15 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:15 AM Overall that was a damn warm GFS run at 500mb. even weakens that trough out there. Brings the heat wave Scott and I were talking about for the 12 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted yesterday at 01:25 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:25 AM We have a lot of mosquitoes out of nowhere this evening. Lot of atonal ear chorus if you venture out … Our town has a policy now where they won’t spray unless you request - some environmental initiative? Used to be they automatically rolled the fogger trucks. I’ve always been on the fence about it. I mean I’m about as environmentally high handed as they come but only eclipsed by my hatred for those motherfuckin mosquitoes! It’s always a tug o war but then my reticence to pull the trigger and make the call was ended when I’d hear the hiss as it went - some kind of weird rationalization that at least I didn’t make the decision lol So … the old guy at the end of the street succumbed to his cancer (sadly) earlier this spring … I suspect with him went the phone call requesting for our neighborhood. He was a smoker up to the end. I don’t think it was the pesticide heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted yesterday at 01:31 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:31 AM 27 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: And in September the yellow jackets emerge!!! That's a whole different level of aggression. Yellow Jackets and White Faced Hornets are not to be f'd with, at least as far as their nesting area goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted yesterday at 01:31 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:31 AM 23 minutes ago, NoCORH4L said: Black to flies like to swarm around your head and periodically bite, but they're slow. Deer flies ping your head non stop then occasionally get your neck. I found wearing a hat helps quite a bit for them. I'll literally be on the ATV looking back and they'll be right on my tail. Lighter colored hats are better then the darker colored ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted yesterday at 01:33 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:33 AM Not sure if someone locally is having a fire or if the Canadian smoke has made its way here, but I can smell smoke draining in through the windows. Looked like it was creeping in here in the final vis shots of the evening. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted yesterday at 01:34 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:34 AM 5 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said: We have a lot of mosquitoes out of nowhere the evening. Lot of atonal ear chorus if you venture out … Same here. They had been few and far between through may. A bigger more aggressive population all of a sudden. I would gladly take a week of hot and dry right now to knock the insects down a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPPYVALLEY Posted yesterday at 01:35 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:35 AM 2 minutes ago, dendrite said: Not sure if someone locally is having a fire or if the Canadian smoke has made its way here, but I can smell smoke draining in through the windows. Looked like it was creeping in here in the final vis shots of the evening. Came in here round 6pm. I opened all the windows to cool the house an hour ago and my eyes are burning a bit now. edit: there are surely multiple allergens causing that but the smoke was visible up high. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted yesterday at 01:38 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:38 AM what in the hell is going on... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dryslot Posted yesterday at 01:41 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:41 AM 2 minutes ago, weatherwiz said: what in the hell is going on... Making our way towards discussing spiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted yesterday at 01:43 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 01:43 AM 43 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said: And in September the yellow jackets emerge!!! easier to enjoy outdoorsy wx in May/June as hornet/wasp populations are down. A wet later summer into early fall does help make them slightly less aggressive, I know you hate that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted yesterday at 01:48 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:48 AM 6 minutes ago, dryslot said: Making our way towards discussing spiders. I'm out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted yesterday at 01:51 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:51 AM 1 hour ago, powderfreak said: So you don't have the "biting gnats." Just the annoying gnats. Yeah just the annoying ones. Honestly haven’t experienced black flies until I went to NH earlier in the season like around Mem Day. Holy crap I got mauled. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted yesterday at 01:53 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:53 AM 51 minutes ago, kdxken said: Yeah they do. Same Black flies as the rest of Massachusetts. Never had an issue. Only thing that bites around here are mosquitoes and sometimes those green heads at the beach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dendrite Posted yesterday at 01:53 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:53 AM Just now, CoastalWx said: Yeah just the annoying ones. Honestly haven’t experienced black flies until I went to NH earlier in the season like around Mem Day. Holy crap I got mauled. They need clean running water to breed. Not sure there’s any left in E MA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted yesterday at 01:54 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:54 AM 1 minute ago, dendrite said: They need clean running water to breed. Not sure there’s any left in E MA. Maybe it’s a climo thing? Not sure why, but never heard of them down this way, but for years I heard about them in NNE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted yesterday at 01:55 AM Share Posted yesterday at 01:55 AM NNE summers. Rain, flies, and domestic disputes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torch Tiger Posted yesterday at 01:59 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 01:59 AM Nice to see warm temps but no big severe in sight for weeks? perhaps months or even years? sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weatherwiz Posted yesterday at 02:37 AM Share Posted yesterday at 02:37 AM Could have some nice bangers Friday with good CGs. Lots of MUCAPE and steep lapse rates around 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimetree Posted yesterday at 03:23 AM Share Posted yesterday at 03:23 AM Black flies are the worst although we don't have a ton around here. I seem to be particularly allergic to their bite...it will itch for days. Scratching doesn't help since they leave that little hole in your skin as extra punishment. Actually looking forward to a little HHH...been a struggle to get the house warmed up with nights in the 40s lately. Made a nice recovery today...46-76. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monadnocks Posted yesterday at 04:17 AM Share Posted yesterday at 04:17 AM We have forgotten to mention horseflies trying to attack you at the lake. And yes, we have water running down our hill in the ditches, a swamp on on side at the bottom and a lake on the other side. Plus plenty of trees for those bugs that like that. We have them all! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted yesterday at 05:46 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:46 AM 4 hours ago, HoarfrostHubb said: One of my favorite things anyone ever invented is that fly swatter that looks like a tennis racket. Bzzzzzzxttttt!!! electric death. I swatted a fly so hard he got stuck in the wires, also zapped him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavisStraight Posted yesterday at 05:50 AM Share Posted yesterday at 05:50 AM 4 hours ago, dendrite said: Not sure if someone locally is having a fire or if the Canadian smoke has made its way here, but I can smell smoke draining in through the windows. Looked like it was creeping in here in the final vis shots of the evening. Sahara sand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowedin Posted yesterday at 06:54 AM Share Posted yesterday at 06:54 AM Yeah I noticed a few mosquitoes earlier myself before heading back inside. Def caught me off guard. Wonder if the incoming smoke has anything to do with their sudden appearance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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