Re: [RBW] 2024 13&17 Cicada plague

2024-06-05 Thread rltilley
No cicadas here but I did get to ride through another swarm of bees the other day. I’ve been caught in a few of those beehive moves now. You can hear the swarm coming from quite a distance.Robert TilleySan Diego, CASent from my iPhoneOn Jun 5, 2024, at 1:05 PM, George Schick wrote:Anyone been bik

Re: [RBW] 2024 13&17 Cicada plague

2024-06-05 Thread Patrick Moore
Come to think of it, I rather think that these "mayflies" may have been ants in their annual winged and migratory state. On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 2:27 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > Thanks. Those photos reminded me of the annual swarms of mayflies whose > numbers would explode at the beginning of the s

Re: [RBW] 2024 13&17 Cicada plague

2024-06-05 Thread Patrick Moore
Thanks. Those photos reminded me of the annual swarms of mayflies whose numbers would explode at the beginning of the summer rains in East Africa. We had batteries of outdoor lights around our somewhat isolated (surrounded by sq miles of coffee plantation) house to protect against the then-common a

Re: [RBW] 2024 13&17 Cicada plague

2024-06-05 Thread George Schick
https://www.nbcchicago.com/cicadas-illinois-chicago-2024/photos-the-2024-cicada-emergence-in-chicago-area-and-illinois/3442146/ On Wednesday, June 5, 2024 at 3:08:28 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > We want photos! > > Patrick Moore, cycling in ABQ, NM where the greatest insect threats are > clo

Re: [RBW] 2024 13&17 Cicada plague

2024-06-05 Thread Patrick Moore
We want photos! Patrick Moore, cycling in ABQ, NM where the greatest insect threats are clouds of midges very oddly interspaced on the Rio Grande bike path at mouth height. On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 2:05 PM George Schick wrote: > Anyone been biking during the past month or so in areas where these