Sedalia Dave Posted January 19 Posted January 19 (edited) Don't agree with everything he says but I do agree that the number of bugs has decreased significantly. Edited January 19 by Sedalia Dave 2 Quote
Michigan Slim Posted January 19 Posted January 19 I agree. Used to be clouds of bugs on the highway when I was a kid. Seldom even see grasshoppers anymore. And whatever happened to the huge flocks of blackbirds I used to see? Related? 1 Quote
Rip Snorter Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Here in MT, rumors of bugs demise are exaggerated! If I thought I could catch enough to profit, I'd offer grasshoppers for sale. 1 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted January 19 Posted January 19 (edited) When I was a kid, there were bees, butterflies (especially Monarchs and swallowtails), beetles of every kind. Mantises, walking sticks and many others that have disappeared for the most part. Like the guy in the video said, lightning bugs were everywhere, they're nowhere to be found these days and it's a surprise to see one. Even the Love Bug population has declined, not that I'm unhappy about that in the least. Some others that have noticeably declined around here are the various frogs, toads, green anoles (the Cuban anoles are everywhere) and skinks. It's not just insects that are disappearing rapidly. Edited January 19 by Cypress Sun Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 19 Posted January 19 No shortage of ticks, mosquitoes, deer flys here. 2 Quote
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Another whacko conspiracy theory to scare us and to make him money with clicks on the web. This guy is a nutbag. I don’t see any evidence of this where I live. 2 Quote
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Plenty of bugs if you get out into the country/woods, away from big cities and urban/suburban sprawl!! Twenty years ago, before folks started moving into the area, there were maybe forty houses in any given square mile out here where we live! Nowadays, there’s at least three times that many and the closer you get to Nashville, the more it looks like a human rabbit warren or a bat colony!!! More insecticides and fewer of the sort of things that insects need for survival. 1 2 Quote
Doc Shapiro Posted January 19 Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Michigan Slim said: I agree. Used to be clouds of bugs on the highway when I was a kid. Seldom even see grasshoppers anymore. And whatever happened to the huge flocks of blackbirds I used to see? Related? That is not the case here. Suburban sprawl is the real problem Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 used to be you couldn't survive May without being eaten alive by black flies. I dont see them any more. Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 19 Posted January 19 7 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: used to be you couldn't survive May without being eaten alive by black flies. I dont see them any more. Come on up here, I'll share! 2 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 1 minute ago, Eyesa Horg said: Come on up here, I'll share! You're so generous! 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 19 Posted January 19 (edited) The deer flys and horse flys are nasty! They remove meat!! Even the dog gets pissy at the deer flys! Last year we didn't seem to get as many June Bugs, but did have an unusual abundance of lightning bugs. Edited January 19 by Eyesa Horg Added dog!! 2 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 1 minute ago, Eyesa Horg said: The deer flys and horse flys are nasty! They remove meat!! Even the gets pissy at the deer flys! Last year we didn't seem to get as many June Bugs, but did have an unusual abundance of lightning bugs. ya know what gets rid of June bugs best? Swimming pool with the light on. 1 1 Quote
Chantry Posted January 19 Posted January 19 I suspect the bug population has more to do with what they require to live on being displaced by population sprawl, especially wetlands. I've been to plenty of matches were the posse was glad of my black powder loads driving away the bugs. Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 19 Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: ya know what gets rid of June bugs best? Swimming pool with the light on. This attracts pool boys. 3 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: ya know what gets rid of June bugs best? Swimming pool with the light on. 8 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: This attracts pool boys. They can swim with all the dead bugs. 1 3 Quote
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Here in the Yankee North, it's not at all uncommon to see children in shorts and short sleeves, in the warmer season. Back home in the Appalachian hill country, we did not DARE. Long sleeves, long pants and boots were our usual uniform. Musquitters, Deer Flies (I think these are the same as Eyesa Horg's blackflies ... and by the way, Marshal Mo Hare is right, they DO take a chunk of meat!), not to mention briars, poison ivy, puss mouth caterpillars and other forms of unpleasantness, kept us from exposing any more skin than was absolutely necessary! 3 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 19 Posted January 19 7 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: Here in the Yankee North, it's not at all uncommon to see children in shorts and short sleeves, in the warmer season. Back home in the Appalachian hill country, we did not DARE. Long sleeves, long pants and boots were our usual uniform. Musquitters, Deer Flies (I think these are the same as Eyesa Horg's blackflies ... and by the way, Marshal Mo Hare is right, they DO take a chunk of meat!), not to mention briars, poison ivy, puss mouth caterpillars and other forms of unpleasantness, kept us from exposing any more skin than was absolutely necessary! no black flies ar less than 1/8" , deer flies more like 3//8". black flies are primarily in May, deer flies most of the summer. 1 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted January 19 Posted January 19 38 minutes ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: Here in the Yankee North, it's not at all uncommon to see children in shorts and short sleeves, in the warmer season. Back home in the Appalachian hill country, we did not DARE. Long sleeves, long pants and boots were our usual uniform. Musquitters, Deer Flies (I think these are the same as Eyesa Horg's blackflies ... and by the way, Marshal Mo Hare is right, they DO take a chunk of meat!), not to mention briars, poison ivy, puss mouth caterpillars and other forms of unpleasantness, kept us from exposing any more skin than was absolutely necessary! Here the deer flys follow the black flys! The deer flys are more tannish with spots and much larger than the black flys! The deer flys and horse fly friggen hurt 🤕! 1 Quote
Pat Riot Posted January 19 Posted January 19 I hated deer flies as a kid. I recall discovering that my hair shampoo attracted them. Herbal Essence shampoo. They didn’t bother me with Head & Shoulders or other shampoos, just the Herbal Essence shampoos. 1 Quote
Capt. R. Hugh Kidnme Posted January 19 Posted January 19 Not in the Shenandoah Valley they're not. They are populous, prolific and plentiful. And that's just the P words........ 2 Quote
watab kid Posted January 20 Posted January 20 i agree but its because we pay to have our yard sprayed and traps set as well as the ant treatments , Quote
Chantry Posted January 20 Posted January 20 18 hours ago, Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 said: kept us from exposing any more skin than was absolutely necessary! I wish Walmart customers felt this way. 6 Quote
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 20 Posted January 20 fewer bugs, fewer birds, bats. 2 Quote
watab kid Posted January 21 Posted January 21 14 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: fewer bugs, fewer birds, bats. we still have just as many birds here and if your on the deck at the right hour of the day the batts are plentiful over the river and back yard , i suspect if i were to go to voyagers national park after dark when the mayflys are hatching with my spotlight the boat would be covered as it was 20 years ago , Quote
JackSlade Posted January 21 Posted January 21 They're not disappearing fast enough. Bring back the mosquito spray trucks from the 70s. 1 Quote
watab kid Posted January 22 Posted January 22 im in favor of that - only time we dont have bugs here is winter - but they are still here , if it gets warm for a couple days they show up , Quote
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