Bugs!

[Geezle]

Was fishing down at the NSR and found a little patch of shoreline that looked like it was totally alive :scared0015:

Very strange...when I first showed up it was cloudy, and they were thick on the ground. Every time the sun came out a whole bunch would fly away, but it would stop every time the sun went behind a cloud, then they'd start flying again when the sun came out. There were so many you could hear them...kinda creepy :scared:

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/GeezleHerps/StrathconaCounty-20120419-00444.jpg

http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii181/GeezleHerps/StrathconaCounty-20120419-00445.jpg

[FisherGrrrl]

Lol gross. Gives me the shivers. Do you know what kinda bugs they were?

[The Fisherman Guy]

Looks like Midges, they are the hatch on the bow right now too.

[Alberta Bigbore]

Could you imagine if those were all spiders?

[tacklerunner]

That's what a midge hatch looks like.

[uplander]

Looks like a ton of boatmen all together but could be midges to.

[Speckle55]

here is some Alberta water bugs
http://sunsite.ualberta.ca/Projects/Aquatic_Invertebrates/?Page=39

[thunderheart]

Could you imagine if those were all spiders?

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr dont say that lol

[Kim473]

or snakes!!!!

[Geezle]

Lol gross. Gives me the shivers. Do you know what kinda bugs they were?

Oops, I totally forgot about this thread. :o

I'm very uneducated on my local bugs, but after a little Googling I'm reasonably sure that they're water boatmen :)

[Geezle]

Could you imagine if those were all spiders?

Oh. Good. Lawd. :scared::scared0018:

[Geezle]

or snakes!!!!

Snakes aren't so bad :)

http://outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=130593

[Yéil]

Looks like Mayfly larvae/nymphs. It's about the right time of year for them to be heading to shore and peaking.. late April at the lower elevations. (One of my fav fly patterns is the Mayfly Dun.)