Deb - Aug 3, 2007 2:57 pm - Voted 10/10
UGH!What the hell is going on there?! NASTY!! And they DO bite, don't they?!
Jeremy Hakes - Aug 3, 2007 3:02 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: UGH!Actually, I have a thought or two here - I think they were making whoopee, and I'm guessing that they hibernate here and come out/hatch in the spring as well - I've seen hordes like this before, but not anything like this.
Jeremy Hakes - Jun 10, 2008 2:40 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: UGH!Oh, and I forgot - no, they don't bite. At least not people. :) They do a marvelous job on aphids, though. :)
lcarreau - Jun 10, 2008 2:27 pm - Voted 10/10
Jeremy ..Greetings. I've seen this same
thing happen on Rincon Peak, just
east of Tucson, Arizona. You're
right, it's connected to mating
and changes in the seasons.
Jeremy Hakes - Jun 10, 2008 2:42 pm - Hasn't voted
Re: Jeremy ..Strange - the more peaks I'm on, the more I see it. :) Almost always below 10K', and definitely seasonal (fall/spring).
lcarreau - Jun 10, 2008 3:02 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Jeremy ..Ladybugs won't fly if the temperature
is below 55 degrees (F). Also, some
species are migratory and form 'aggregations'
during the migratory period in fall/spring.
Kind of like swarms of bees. Cool stuff!
cp0915 - Jun 10, 2008 3:00 pm - Voted 10/10
Seen 'em like that beforeon the summit of Kendrick Peak (10,418 feet) in northern AZ. Thousands of them.
lcarreau - Jun 10, 2008 3:05 pm - Voted 10/10
Re: Seen 'em like that beforeYes, I need to get up there to
the Flagstaff area. It was 94 degrees
in Payson yesterday! Time to spread my
wings and fly north.
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