Bug Season

Lakegeezer · 05-05-2008, 07:34 PM

Some talk about NH as only having three seasons. Mud season, bug season and winter. Bug season has officially begun. All sorts of critters flying around that weren't here last week. No welts yet to report, but sitting out on the boat, watching the sun set is going to get a bit more difficult, real soon now.

phoenix · 05-05-2008, 08:52 PM

so are the black flies out

upthesaukee · 05-05-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by phoenix

so are the black flies out

I played a round of golf this morning into the early afternoon, and saw only a few black flies. Wife said she could get out of work early, and wanted to play, so we went back out a little after four, and there many black flies, and obviously they either didn't like us and wanted to get a piece of us, or thought we were one tasty duo, and wanted to get a piece of us, or perhaps they just wanted to get a piece of us !

chipj29 · 05-06-2008, 06:45 AM

I did some yard work last night, and only had to deal with a couple black flies.

Sal · 05-06-2008, 07:28 AM

Talk about bugs ... look what this one did to our house ....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGkYAkQ_sw

riverat · 05-06-2008, 10:30 AM

That was pretty cool, hungry little devil!

Jonas Pilot · 05-06-2008, 10:33 AM

“First the mandibles, with saw-toothed distalends, function as a pair of scissors in snipping the skin. The slightly shorter maxillae, provided with marginal reversed hooklets having toothed terminations, tear open the wound until it is large enough to allow the labrumepipharynx to reach the level of peripheral capillaries. Thus, in the removal of microfilariae of Onchocera from the host, the maxillae are believed to liberate from the infused skin the embryos, which are then trapped by the terminal spines of the labrumepipharynx and hypopharynx.” (Gibbins, 1938)

This description of a black fly bite excerpted from Craig and Faust’s Clinical Parasitology (Seventh Edition, 1964, Lea & Febiger)

moose tracks · 05-27-2008, 09:46 PM

The black flies were out in force this past weekend. Deep Woods Off was my eau de toilet.

How much longer til they are gone?

csuhockey3 · 05-30-2008, 03:59 PM

...I look like I have chicken pox

05-05-2008, 07:34 PM	#1
Lakegeezer Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 1,657 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 342 Thanked 618 Times in 278 Posts	Bug Season Some talk about NH as only having three seasons. Mud season, bug season and winter. Bug season has officially begun. All sorts of critters flying around that weren't here last week. No welts yet to report, but sitting out on the boat, watching the sun set is going to get a bit more difficult, real soon now. __________________ -lg

05-05-2008, 08:52 PM	#2
phoenix Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: phoenix and moultonboro Posts: 1,520 Thanks: 58 Thanked 266 Times in 187 Posts	so are the black flies out __________________ it's tough to make predictions specially about the future

05-06-2008, 10:30 AM	#6
riverat Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alton, NH Posts: 722 Thanks: 337 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	That was pretty cool, hungry little devil! __________________ Waking up in the morning is the greatest, everything after that is a bonus

05-06-2008, 10:33 AM	#7
Jonas Pilot Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Wolfeboro, New Hampshire is my home, 24-7-365 Posts: 1,686 Thanks: 1,047 Thanked 336 Times in 189 Posts	"First the mandibles, “First the mandibles, with saw-toothed distalends, function as a pair of scissors in snipping the skin. The slightly shorter maxillae, provided with marginal reversed hooklets having toothed terminations, tear open the wound until it is large enough to allow the labrumepipharynx to reach the level of peripheral capillaries. Thus, in the removal of microfilariae of Onchocera from the host, the maxillae are believed to liberate from the infused skin the embryos, which are then trapped by the terminal spines of the labrumepipharynx and hypopharynx.” (Gibbins, 1938) This description of a black fly bite excerpted from Craig and Faust’s Clinical Parasitology (Seventh Edition, 1964, Lea & Febiger)

05-27-2008, 09:46 PM	#8
moose tracks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Loudon, Tennessee, foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains Posts: 283 Thanks: 340 Thanked 41 Times in 33 Posts	Memorial Day Weekend & Black Flies The black flies were out in force this past weekend. Deep Woods Off was my eau de toilet. How much longer til they are gone? __________________ Moose Tracks

05-06-2008, 06:45 AM	#4
chipj29 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Bow Posts: 1,874 Thanks: 521 Thanked 308 Times in 162 Posts	I did some yard work last night, and only had to deal with a couple black flies.

05-06-2008, 07:28 AM	#5
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Talk about bugs ... look what this one did to our house .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaGkYAkQ_sw

05-30-2008, 03:59 PM	#9
csuhockey3 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Hooksett, NH Posts: 256 Thanks: 7 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	They are out for sure ...I look like I have chicken pox __________________ - CSUhockey3