Why are there so many flying gnats/bugs this Spring?
According to this article...... clean water.
Yup:
Blame clean water for 'bumper crop' of gnats
Here's the best quote from the article...... possibly the best quote I've ever heard from an entomologist:
“What you are watching is fly sex among fungus gnats. The adults do not bite. The males will fly in a mass and it's their way of attracting a female. And when she's ready to mate, she flies into the mass and one of those males gets lucky. It's like teenage boys cruising the mall.”
(Phil Nixon, entomologist, University of Illinois Extension)
Nice analogy, Phil.
Out for now........
Matt