First fly of the year, already?

   / First fly of the year, already? #1  

gstrom99

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Yesterday, the first fly of the year buzzed by. Two more today. 47 degrees. Kinda early, I think...
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #2  
Yesterday, the first fly of the year buzzed by. Two more today. 47 degrees. Kinda early, I think...
It was in the 50s yesterday and again today. I'd bet I can find a mosquito by my back door this evening.
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #4  
Havent seen any outside.

But been working down at my shop the past few weeks and had a fire going and saw a few start coming back to life. They started moving faster the warmer the shop got
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #5  
I had a bunch of mosquitos at my place yesterday. Not looking forward to dealing with them...
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #6  
I had a bunch of mosquitos at my place yesterday. Not looking forward to dealing with them...
I am waiting for the cliff swallows to show up to take care of that problem. We let them nest on the front & back porch, also the shop lean-tos. I can deal with their mess easier than having mosquitos. Plus, we get to watch all the babies be born and grow up at close range.
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #7  
Have seen flies off and on before we had our big freeze a few weeks back, hopefully that lowered the population.
Was strange seeing them in Dec/Jan , but we had some warm days.
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #8  
We have barn swallows and also encourage them to nest. They eat bugs like crazy and are fun to watch too. I'll take the poop over the itch anyday...
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #9  
Yep, I saw a few flies today too.
 
   / First fly of the year, already? #10  
In NW Missouri and had one a week ago on a warm day. Been a really mild winter here this year. Very little snow and could use some rain already.
 

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