Lovebugs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cfelton]

Spare, you nailed it! Here in Carolina the bugs are tough in the heat of the summer. I found Skeeter Beater works really well. I met the guy that came up with it at the oyster fest. In my backyard I have a propane powered skeeter killer that works great, fired it up yesterday. And them green head yellow flies ain't no joke! Either you kill him or he's gonna pester you till he bites you!

[phatdaddy]

You forgot black flies or deer flies, looks like an ordinary housefly with the bite of a Doberman. Also the ground hornets.

[oteps]

I found a bait shop that had a bug spray called cactus juice over in NJ. It worked good for those green flies.

[phatdaddy]

Let s let him discover chiggers all on his on

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

Let s let him discover chiggers all on his on

[Blue_Runner]

Here in NC the deer ticks will eat you alive in the woods about 6 months out of the year. The (tiny) deer ticks carry Lyme's disease which can really F* up your life!

Phat stole my thunder. I was reading intently and could barely contain my excitement in sharing all about our wonderful, nearly invisible, chigger aka red bug. They're fantastic! I don't know which is worse, poison oak/ivy or chiggers. Will make you scratch until you bleed.

I took my brother in law,my sisters wife, and my lady to the deer camp last year in mid september. We took a pic on the 4-wheeler on the way in - all 4 of us on the honda foreman, smiling intently at the camera. That pic became a meme with the slogan, "Chigger Time!"

I've never seen a swarm of love bugs but I can assure you they don't scare me in the slightest lol.

[spareparts]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

You forgot black flies or deer flies, looks like an ordinary housefly with the bite of a Doberman. Also the ground hornets.

we don't have many of the black flys down here, but the ground hornets will ruin your day when you run over the nest with the mower. I've been helping a buddy prepping some food plots, he wont bush hog with the small tractor, he only uses the enclosed cab tractor just for the ground hornets and wasp(AC is nice too)

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by phatdaddy

You forgot black flies or deer flies, looks like an ordinary housefly with the bite of a Doberman. Also the ground hornets.

Try being allergic to them. More than 2 bites and I start swelling up. 5 or 6 and my eyes go blood shot and my lips start swelling. To top it off they're out on the river and flats when the fish are.

And don't forget locusts(giant grasshoppers). Nothing like getting pegged in the eye by a 4 inch grasshopper.

[phatdaddy]

They are the worst here in the fall, seems they live in the deep woods and when the north wind starts blowing, it pushes them down to the beaches and bay. When you get out of your boat to do some wade fishing and come back, there will be a couple of hundred waiting for you.

[charlie_the_tuna]

man, you guys are really the bearers of good news, aren't you?!? suddenly, i'm reconsidering my direction of migration. anybody know how the bugs are at the north pole?? man, looks like I've got a lot to look forward to. I guess i'll be spending more time than I thought inside the condo, caulking every crack. the one thing I really don't want to deal with is bugs. I don't so much mind spiders, as they eat bugs. i'm hoping to settle smack in the middle of a bat colony so they can take care of my bug phobias.