No misquitos in the England ?
Apr 29th, 2004, 05:58 PM
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This question reminds me of the woman who once called me and asked if there were insects in the Dordogne. She claimed she was from "Park Avenue, where we don't have to deal with insects." Right.
Do a Google search with the words "mosquitoes" and "England." Lots of information there.
Do a Google search with the words "mosquitoes" and "England." Lots of information there.
Apr 30th, 2004, 07:54 AM
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There seem to be fewer insects in Britain than there used to be. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds was doing a survey by getting people to put a sticky trap on their cars.
Of course a century ago ague (malaria) was common in marshy areas of the country. I've never been troubled with mosquitoes, but the Scottish midge is something else. They are teeny and quite often go around in great clouds. There are tales of American tourists being carried off bodily to their lair and eaten alive.
Of course a century ago ague (malaria) was common in marshy areas of the country. I've never been troubled with mosquitoes, but the Scottish midge is something else. They are teeny and quite often go around in great clouds. There are tales of American tourists being carried off bodily to their lair and eaten alive.
Apr 30th, 2004, 09:28 AM
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I'm from the Midwest where, any time after about the middle of May, the idea of eating a picnic lunch outside becomes virtually impossible because of the nasty flies.
Once my wife and I were in Russell Square. We?d bought a soft drink from a vendor and were sitting on a bench enjoying a wonderful early summer afternoon. Someone had thrown a half eaten sandwich on the ground and I noticed a single fly, fat and lethargic?I nudged her and said, ?Look, a fly!?
The vendor overheard me and said, ?Oi, they?ve been bloody terrible this year! A pestilence, they are! Of course it doesn?t help when people throw food on the ground. It just draws them in like a magnet!?
I'm sure he thought that we were daft when we laughed at his short tirade. Where I live the sandwich would have been black with flies.
I've seen swarms of some sort of black fly in Scotland, but have never seen them in England. Friends there tell me that indeed the do occasionally have 'skeeters.
Once my wife and I were in Russell Square. We?d bought a soft drink from a vendor and were sitting on a bench enjoying a wonderful early summer afternoon. Someone had thrown a half eaten sandwich on the ground and I noticed a single fly, fat and lethargic?I nudged her and said, ?Look, a fly!?
The vendor overheard me and said, ?Oi, they?ve been bloody terrible this year! A pestilence, they are! Of course it doesn?t help when people throw food on the ground. It just draws them in like a magnet!?
I'm sure he thought that we were daft when we laughed at his short tirade. Where I live the sandwich would have been black with flies.
I've seen swarms of some sort of black fly in Scotland, but have never seen them in England. Friends there tell me that indeed the do occasionally have 'skeeters.
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