Invasion of small black flies

[EventualBoater]

42 minutes ago, Naughty Cal said:

Don't waste you time with The Meg or Thrash either, terrible films.

Meg I watched as i loved the book series. It is dreadful 🤣

[Bod]

On 31/05/2026 at 13:09, ditchcrawler said:

I found one of the corpse's still in the UV zapper. I laid it on a USB plug for scale 

 

Midge.

Small mosquito often seen in large swarms hovering around a patch of warmth, above a hedge.

 

Bod.

[Ogwr]

Are these connected to the Blue Tongue outbreak in Sheep?

 

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Bluetongue disease is a non‑contagious viral infection of ruminants—especially sheep—caused by the bluetongue virus (BTV), which is transmitted by biting midges of the Culicoides species. It leads to fever, facial swelling, mouth ulcers, and sometimes a swollen blue tongue, with severity varying by species and virus strain.

Edited September 1 by Ogwr

[agg221]

22 hours ago, Hudds Lad said:

Sharks seem quite popular.

Sky Sharks

Sand Sharks

Ice Sharks

I think the Sharknado franchise is up to its 6th film now.

 

You should try some old classics, like Blood Beach, Snowbeast or Razorback!  

I believe it was @stagedamager who told me about Trailer Park Shark…

 

Alec

[stagedamager]

7 hours ago, agg221 said:

I believe it was @stagedamager who told me about Trailer Park Shark…

 

Alec

Not as bad as a House Shark.... 

[agg221]

7 minutes ago, stagedamager said:

Not as bad as a House Shark.... 

Don't - Kez will want to watch that one too now!

 

ALec

[agg221]

On 02/09/2026 at 08:26, agg221 said:

Don't - Kez will want to watch that one too now!

 

ALec

My prediction was correct - we have just watched it. Erm...

 

Alec

[stagedamager]

18 hours ago, agg221 said:

My prediction was correct - we have just watched it. Erm...

 

Alec

And isn't it the single most brilliant piece of cinematography........... 

[agg221]

9 minutes ago, stagedamager said:

And isn't it the single most brilliant piece of cinematography........... 

Have you watched The VelociPastor yet? I think it rivals it. Where House Shark wins hands-down though is its tight and original plot development...

 

The burning question is though, which next - Trailer Park Shark or The VelociPastor 2 ?

 

Alec

Edited Sunday at 17:20 by agg221

[ditchcrawler]

On 31/05/2026 at 09:52, Chris T said:

Yesterday evening the boat windows inside were covered in hundreds of small black flies. Easy enough to get rid of 🤢 and then we closed everything up, but during this spell of warm weather, we've had the windows, hatch etc open all the time and this was the first time we have been invaded. 

Google has offered various suggestions but I'm still not sure what they were. Wondering if something seasonal like the flying ants. Windows and door open again this morning and none to be seen. 

Bought  a Lettice last week and there were loads of them in it, took lots of washing but obviously no pesticides on it