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Post by cinlou on Jun 10, 2015 9:05:44 GMT -5
No fireflies in Central NY yet!
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Post by sdw on Jun 10, 2015 11:13:23 GMT -5
At Elkmont in The Great Smoky Mountain at this time of the year at night they have sycronized fireflies which means they all light up at the same time,I have never been,I would like to go.I do not like June Bugs,I do not like to be outside when they are out.Has anyone ever tied a string to a June bug leg,my mom used to do that.When my nephews were little they used to call June bugs June Bees.
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Post by ForeverWaltons on Jun 10, 2015 14:01:13 GMT -5
Has anyone ever tied a string to a June bug leg,my mom used to do that.When my nephews were little they used to call June bugs June Bees.
When I was growing up my maternal grandmother showed us kids how to tie a string to a June bug's leg. She did it as a child. We had lots of fun doing that and we would release them afterwards with all of their legs still intact.
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Post by dave on Jun 10, 2015 19:38:28 GMT -5
saw some last night.
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Post by flyaway on Jun 10, 2015 21:34:06 GMT -5
Ok, after reading this I went out tonight and looked, and sure enough there were lighting bugs, as we call them, in SE PA. The thing I've noticed, in the past 10 yrs or so, is there is not as many lighting bugs as there was in the 60"s /70's when I used to run around at sunset and catch them. Sad, but hopefully they will make a comeback ! !
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jun 11, 2015 5:00:00 GMT -5
I don't mind June Bugs but not a fan of when they land, bang into, and crawl on me. Nothing like coming inside and a while later feeling something crawling on your hair or neck! I don't like Strawberry Flies. They buzz round and round your head and will draw blood when they bite. They look like little gray and black triangles. Then there is their GIANT cousins, the Green Head Horse Fly!! They will eat you alive and stay on you even if you go under water! They are common in marshy areas by the ocean. And the Jersey mosquitoes! Have been know to make grown men cry! Going to try Avon's Skin So Soft this year. People swear by it for all kinds of bugs. Avon's skin so Soft is good me an my son use it when we go fishing. I will have to get some. If it works I will buy gallons!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jun 11, 2015 5:04:38 GMT -5
At Elkmont in The Great Smoky Mountain at this time of the year at night they have sycronized fireflies which means they all light up at the same time,I have never been,I would like to go.I do not like June Bugs,I do not like to be outside when they are out.Has anyone ever tied a string to a June bug leg,my mom used to do that.When my nephews were little they used to call June bugs June Bees. At the same time! I have never seen that! June bugs don't bother me that much but I don't like when they land on me...yuck!I never tied a string to them. Try not to touch them.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jun 11, 2015 5:11:32 GMT -5
When I was a child, my father would make a "ring" of the back end of a lightning bug. Somehow he would scrap off the back end while it was shining. We would run around with glowing spots on our fingers. Then I realized I had bug guts on my finger and......YUCK!!!!! Didn't do that any more!
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Post by labrador on Jun 11, 2015 7:29:36 GMT -5
I've heard of Fireflies but never seen one, I don't know what a Lightning bug is though!
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Post by sdw on Jun 11, 2015 10:21:09 GMT -5
Labrador fireflies and lightning bugs are the same thing.
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Post by Heather on Jun 13, 2015 9:17:14 GMT -5
I purchase fly predators to release around the barn and pasture. They invade fly larvae and insert their own egg in there instead. The predators are not harmful to people or horses...only flies. One fly predator can wipe out 70 fly eggs. I get them 5,000 or 10,000 at a time. I just got a shipment yesterday I have to release. What kind of insects are they? I read online that Johnson's Baby Creamy Oil will keep the bugs off of you too.
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Post by e knight on Jun 13, 2015 22:28:49 GMT -5
I remember seeing exactly one (1) firefly since moving to central Florida, one summer night. Seemed odd.
Then I realized that we had just returned from a trip north the day before. Ergo, the thing probably hitchhiked with us! I suppose they don't thrive in this area.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jun 15, 2015 20:48:55 GMT -5
I purchase fly predators to release around the barn and pasture. They invade fly larvae and insert their own egg in there instead. The predators are not harmful to people or horses...only flies. One fly predator can wipe out 70 fly eggs. I get them 5,000 or 10,000 at a time. I just got a shipment yesterday I have to release. What kind of insects are they? I read online that Johnson's Baby Creamy Oil will keep the bugs off of you too. Will try this also. Plus, I will smell nice!
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Post by Kathy Lee on Jun 15, 2015 20:51:03 GMT -5
Last week, I was trying to get a picture and a video of lightning bugs. They are sure hard to film. Blink, they are here. Blink, now they are over there. Argh! They don't stay in one place for long!
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Post by patriciaanne on Jun 15, 2015 21:26:21 GMT -5
I purchase fly predators to release around the barn and pasture. They invade fly larvae and insert their own egg in there instead. The predators are not harmful to people or horses...only flies. One fly predator can wipe out 70 fly eggs. I get them 5,000 or 10,000 at a time. I just got a shipment yesterday I have to release. What kind of insects are they? I read online that Johnson's Baby Creamy Oil will keep the bugs off of you too. Someone else asked me and I don't know. They're little and black and I buy them from Spalding Labs.
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