View Full Version : This is waaay worse then Florida Love Bugs
David Fermani
06-19-2012, 06:26 PM
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:
Fishfly - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishfly)
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Way worse at night as they really like the light:
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Thomas Dekany
06-19-2012, 06:37 PM
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.
David Fermani
06-19-2012, 06:42 PM
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.
Thomas Dekany
06-19-2012, 06:48 PM
I feel for you! Sucks
C. Charles Hahn
06-19-2012, 08:29 PM
Holy crap, attack of the locusts.... that`s nasty!
Ben@3D
06-19-2012, 08:34 PM
Holy X-files batman! :yield:
David Fermani
06-19-2012, 08:36 PM
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. :rofl::smash::car:
Garry Dean
06-19-2012, 08:51 PM
Holy hell! Thats crazy!
Deep Gloss Auto Salon
06-19-2012, 08:57 PM
They smell foul as well!
Darkstar752
06-19-2012, 11:53 PM
Holy ****, if I lived around there I would know exactly when to take my 2 week vacation :)
togwt
06-20-2012, 04:20 AM
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
Underdawg736GTC
06-20-2012, 05:50 AM
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!
addysdaddy
06-20-2012, 06:21 AM
OK, I`ll never complain about love bugs again - just when u thought it couldn`t get worse.
imported_MCA
06-20-2012, 08:50 AM
Yum!
/sarcasm
On a serious note, that is one crazy infestation!
Underdawg736GTC
06-20-2012, 08:57 AM
Haha....I bet their loaded with protiens! :hungry: