Black flies

[slowmo68]

Saw my first black flies yesterday on a bike ride in Kennebunk, they were not biting yet. Has anyone seen blackflies in the mountains yet? Seems to be a week or 2 early for them.

 

[giggy]

love the sleeslack pic - where is chacka??

all sorts of bugs coming out this weekend down in ma.

 

[rocket21]

I had some black flies bothering me near the bottom of Red Hill this afternoon. No bites, but they were hovering around my head.

 

[Silverfox]

Black flies in evidence on East Rattlesnake yesterday..not bites just buzzing..left the sunglasses on....

obviously they haven't tasted blood yet...

 

[Solitary]

At Monadnock

Lot's of blackflies at Monadnock: swarming but not biting as of today (Sunday, 4/27).

 

[WhiteMTHike]

Saw some yesterday on the Breakheart Trail in R.I. Probably not as bad as in N.H. but enough to be bothersome.

 

[sardog1]

Minor annoyance but no biting yet here in SE NH. I think they're going to have a tough time in the stream currents the next couple of days.

 

[Amicus]

I was swarmed by blackflies Sat. where I parked at the 2-car pull-over on Jenkins Road in Andover, Mass., for the Bay Circuit Trail. (It's where the BCT used to cross, but the Trail has been moved 50 yards to the north.) They didn't seem to be biting, but since I quickly sprayed myself, maybe they didn't have a chance. Then, 12 miles with no bugs, even though much of that was swamp and wetlands. When I finally got back to my car, they were still swarming.

 

[rocket21]

I was swarmed by blackflies Sat. where I parked at the 2-car pull-over on Jenkins Road in Andover, Mass., for the Bay Circuit Trail. (It's where the BCT used to cross, but the Trail has been moved 50 yards to the north.) They didn't seem to be biting, but since I quickly sprayed myself, maybe they didn't have a chance. Then, 12 miles with no bugs, even though much of that was swamp and wetlands. When I finally got back to my car, they were still swarming.

I think in the movie business they call this a 'Preview for Coming Attractions'

This year could be a doozy!

 

[rocksnrolls]

They were biting pretty bad around Mt Race/Mt Everett on the 19th. On the Robert Frost Tr in Central Mass yesterday they were swarming in a few spots but did not seem to be biting