At the Chatsworth Flower Show on Wednesday I saw swarms of giant gnat-like creatures flying below the trees in the car park. Ugly looking spuds. Anyone know what they are?
Mayflies. They come in different sizes. We have a lot of them in our garden just now and they are a welcome snack for the fish. I like them. They are a sign that it’s summer, even if the weather tries to tell us otherwise.😊
What time of day was it? If it was into evening they may have been July bugs (cock chafers). I was at a concert once when a swarm arrived and had the audience screaming & flapping around. The band stopped playing and ran for cover. I think a lot of people thought they were bees....
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
We saw them as we were leaving, about 4.00 pm. There were clouds of them below the trees in the disabled parking area. A couple got into the car with us and surfaced again about 20 minutes later so we ushered them out of the open window. They’ll have a long journey home! Without question they were mayflies, exactly as shown in the photo above but darker in colour.
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They come in different sizes.
We have a lot of them in our garden just now and they are a welcome snack for the fish.
I like them. They are a sign that it’s summer, even if the weather tries to tell us otherwise.😊
More information about mayflies:
https://www.first-nature.com/insects/index-e.php
I still think it’s mayflies. Perhaps Picidae was lucky to see a lot of them. From The Guardian: