In a message dated 11/4/2005 9:06:07 A.M. Central Standard Time,
jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxx writes:
AG and I were getting bit by flies in early October, though it was
warmer than usual this year and they were mainly concentrated down by
the water. Other occasions when I've been to northern Michigan in
early October the wind, rain, and snow was more the factor.
In Michigan they wear red plaid jackets and caps with earflaps. The people
too.
I wish you guys would quit complaining about your little bugs. Spring time
is wonderful in Texas. We have beautiful wildflowers, the birds come into
the rookeries for breeding, the snakes, alligators and other
reptiles/amphibians start stirring and swarms of mosquitos start doing their
thing. 100% DEET
is their beverage of choice, West Nile virus is their gift to the world and
fools like me invade their habitat to capture images which may make the trip
worth making. There is no way for me to tell you how one can be covered head
to foot with these insects and get you to understand how many of the little
blood suckers there might be. They cover your Levi's, bite through layers of
clothes, ask for another round of DEET, fly into your camera body when you
are changing lenses, get in your eyes, ears and throat. When you get in your
car a few dozen will join you for the trip home. You can put your windows
down and swat at them, but you won't get them all. That is something only a
day
or so of Texas heat can do to them when you lock them up in your car. If
you are really unlucky, you will end up with a few of them in your bedroom.
They seem to delight in buzzing your ears while you are trying to sleep. Go
ahead and get up and swat them if you can find them. If you are successful,
you will have a dead mosquito and a big spot of your blood that you smashed
out
of their body stuck to the wall. You want to see insects, come to Texas
and I'll show you insects . . . and some other wonderful things. Now stop
whining. Bill Barber
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