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    If you live anywhere close to Lake St. Clair, you know it's time for the annual Fish Fly hatching. These things are disgusting and can travel a pretty decent distance to make a mess of your surroundings. Here's what I have to deal with for about 2 weeks:

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    Way worse at night as they really like the light:



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    I was on vacation years ago in AZ and went to grand canyon. Well, this time they had these bugs that were attracted to white. I was driving a white rental. I vacuumed $20 worth to suck them up (didn't succeed) - they were inside the doors by the hundreds.
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    Ha. The place I get my coffee at in the morning let thier inside lights on and a couple of vents open in their upper windows. The coolers were complete layered in Fish Flies and it was a dissaster. I'm kicking myself for not snapping a pic.
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    I feel for you! Sucks
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    When you drive down the streets near the water, all you can hear is a constant crunching as you dessimate 100's and 1000's of these things laying on the ground.
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    They smell foul as well!
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    Holy ****, if I lived around there I would know exactly when to take my 2 week vacation

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    Definetly not my kind of fishfly (flies) besides I tie my own

    Those things are nasty and I didn't think there was anything worse than FL Love bugs
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    So are these guys any worse then your Lovebugs? Up here around bodies of water, we have Mayflies which look to be a little smaller then these guys.They don't get as bad as the pics David posted but ohh man on a nice humid night near the Susqie, these guys just terrorize anyone and everyone out on the road!
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