Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Harmless But........... Invasion Of The Lake Fly



From the Appleton Post Crescent. Something only known to the Lake Winnebago area of Wisconsin.
"Swarms of lake flies make life miserable for people along the west shore of Lake Winnebago

By Doug Zellmer and J.E. Espino • Gannett Wisconsin Media • April 28, 2010

Neenah resident Jim Brygger had an unwelcome sense of deja vu Monday morning as he winged his way toward an Oshkosh coffee shop on his Raleigh Grand Prix bicycle.

"All of a sudden I rode into something like a cloud," Brygger said.

That thick cloud was lake flies. They were swarming just south of Winnebago County A on the south end of Neenah. Brygger slowed to a crawl, lowered his head and shielded himself with his helmet."
Swarms of lake flies make life miserable for people along the west shore of Lake Winnebago | postcrescent.com | Appleton Post-Crescent

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