2020 Garden Thread.

[JestersHK]

I got it bad last year. One got me right in corner of my eye and my eye swelled shut... 

I got my first bite this year as well last week.  Right on top of my thumb and my whole thumb swelled up.  I'm in that unlucky camp of folks who swell from their bites.  They are awful little buggers. I'd gladly take 5 mosquito bites instead of one gnat bite.

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2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Looks like what I call a "sweat bee".  I've never been overly bothered by them if that's what we're talking about.

No these are real small like a gnat..

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

No these are real small like a gnat..

Mysterious new creature hu?   Ok🙄

After giving me so much crap about Whitebass/hybrid mutts,  I'm gonna not buy into y'alls "buffalo gnat" stories.   

Oak mites, Murder hornets, Buffalo gnats,..... what's next? 

https://youtu.be/7skCdp5oTIE

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19 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Mysterious new creature hu?   Ok🙄

After giving me so much crap about Whitebass/hybrid mutts,  I'm gonna not buy into y'alls "buffalo gnat" stories.   

Oak mites, Murder hornets, Buffalo gnats,..... what's next? 

https://youtu.be/7skCdp5oTIE

They just call them black flies up north.   I never questioned your fish.  You're mental capacity?  Yes.  Fish no.

[fishinwrench]

5 minutes ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

They just call them black flies up north.   I never questioned your fish.  You're mental capacity?  Yes.  Fish no.

Blackfly LARVAE are bigger than a gnat....so how's that work?

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53 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Blackfly LARVAE are bigger than a gnat....so how's that work?

That's what they call them.  I didn't name them I just got bit by them.  Now I'm hoping they swarm heavily in the Gravois Mill area 

[fishinwrench]

Mythical creatures. 🙄

[jdmidwest]

2 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Mythical creatures. 🙄

Warm wet springs stir them up.  Kill chickens by smothering them.  Normally go for the eyes, ears, nose.  Deet attracts them.  Buggins or a head net about the only thing that keeps them from biting.  Got hammered by them last spring on Wappappello, neck swelled like a balloon.  Here is my wrist and a pic of the culprit from last season.

Been bad for several seasons since the big flood on MO. and Mississippi Rivers.

[fishinwrench]

Holy crap!  Yikes!   

I hope y'all keep those wicked little demons in the Mississippi valley where they belong !   

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17 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Holy crap!  Yikes!   

I hope y'all keep those wicked little demons in the Mississippi valley where they belong !   

darn things ruined my fishing last year.  Even with a head net. 
I did look good in that head net though😆