I love them and their dirty little mayfly cousins. Those little dragon bastards are welcome to consume all all the mosquitos they want. Have at it!

Awesome on the birds, not so much on the horsefly.  I killed one in my garage this weekend.  It landed on my blue Miata.  Supposedly they're attracted to this.  I have a tub of tanglefoot and some blue solo plates I want to try.

I promise I will quit talking about this bird soon, but I have one last update.  Today I got off my bike and snuck up to the nesting site, slow and quiet.  After a few minutes of eye strain I was finally convinced that the bird was gone and the nest is unoccupied (no eggs).  I lingered a few minutes thinking about the eventual trail re-route around a fallen red oak tree and all of a sudden the mama bird comes flying out of the brush about 10 feet from where the nest had been.  She then does the elaborate broken wing, flailing-on-the-ground act as she limps away trying to get me to follow her away from the (just guessing here) newly hatched chicks.  I quickly moved away from there and slunk away, sorry about having disturbed her again.  A few minutes later and 75 yards from there I saw what I’m guessing was her mate checking to make sure I was really leaving.  This critter sighting just won’t end! On a less fun note, it appears to be horsefly season.  Not a fan, though it is satisfying to smack one of those suckers.  

This is getting old. Every ride I end up with a ton of burrs. Granted, this was probably the worst example but was just from a pretty standard BCGB/SATN combo ride. No bushwacking or mystery trails involved. 

I had to dig up a picture of one so I can try pattern recognition to find it!