The little buggers have always been around these parts, but they have been worse than usual this year. Black Fly Season only lasts about a month, but it seems much longer when you’re out trying to cut the lawn and they’re swarming around you like iron filings drawn to a magnet. The worst part (aside from the nasty blistering bites they give you) is that they have a habit of flying right into your open eyes, nose and mouth. There’s a reason I swear more in June than any other month of the year.....
My mom was talking to her childhood friend up there last week and he said the same thing, he’s almost carried away by them every time he goes outside. He’s lived up there all his life but says there much worse this year. Are they cyclical, like many insects?