just like ... that.  overnight window was open and no problems and mid morning my place was full of these things.  they are all over...

Thank god they'll be dead in a few days!  :-P

I was down at the Indians game last night (great game) and they were everywhere.  Including on my Nachos. 

are these the little clear bugs? 

Actually, I can't believe I missed this. The bugs in question are the "Midges" or "Muffleheads", not Mayflies.

 

Here is a Midge/Mufflehead - note the mosquito-like body and fuzzy antennae:

 

And these are Mayflies:

 

 

 

 

Ok, it's the midges on my screens then...i hate those f*ckers! 

 

on the brighter side, I've got lots of trees on my street that have those seeds that fall and look like propellers, spinning and floating to the ground...how charming!

In Cincinnati we just got through this huge infestation of the caterpillar-like bugs that were some Asian Tent Worm or something like that...they were everywhere, but seem to have gone away now...

In Cincinnati we just got through this huge infestation of the caterpillar-like bugs that were some Asian Tent Worm or something like that...they were everywhere, but seem to have gone away now...

I stood under one of my trees and could hear munching---I thought I was going crackers, my wife verified by hearing it too

Well we're under quarantine because we're infested with the emerald ash borer beatle :(

 

Certain death for nearly all of our ash trees :(

the midges are funny little buggers. they especialy freak people out who are not from the area. mayflies too. they both used to loooove the siding of a house i grew up in and would swarm all over it. my parents said they were so thick back in the 30's-50's the city sanitation would come around and shovel them up around streetlight posts and stuff, can you imagine?

I always get a chuckle out of people who work downtown and have obviously never dealt with the midges before.

 

You can tell when they go through a revolving door by bumping it (thus sending the midges into a frenzy) instead of a gentle push, and then their subsequent freaking out and "Chun Li Fists of Fury" attempts at swatting them away. Simple word of advice - don't BUMP the door, just give it a gradual push and you'll have less of them swirling about you.

I got caught in a quarter mile long cloud of those things on Superior Ave a few nights ago.  They were in my mouth, my eyes, my ears, my nose, my hair.  Freaking unbelievable.  I've never seen anything like it.

Ok, it's the midges on my screens then...i hate those f*ckers! 

 

on the brighter side, I've got lots of trees on my street that have those seeds that fall and look like propellers, spinning and floating to the ground...how charming!

 

We call those trees "maples".  :-)

I drove through a cloud of them along the Shoreway near Edgewater Park last year. When I emerged from it, my windshield and front hood looked like something out of a cheap 1950s horror movie -- they were coated in splattered bugs. And you can't use the windshield wipers to remove them or you get a paste-like smear and you can't see well. Some bug splotches had dried by the time I got home, so I had to use the spray hose in our parking garage and took me a good 10 minutes to hose all of them off. Nasty. Fortunately the swarms last only a few days until the bugs are done with their business here. But last year they seemed to last longer than usual. Don't know why.

They came by twice last year.  A bad swarm in mid-June and for some reason they came back in early September.  Seemed like they were here longer, but it was just two different swarms.  Had something to do with the weather last year.  At least that is what I heard.

 

Just a little info on the little buggers:

 

Midges are true flies that are closely related to mosquitoes and resemble them somewhat, but are non-biting. They can emerge and fly any day of the year when the air is warm, even in mid-winter. Males often cluster in large swarms, usually in bright sunlight and around water where the females will visit to lay their eggs. Since most species are attracted to light, midges are often found around windows and doors of houses.

 

Midges are not harmful and cannot transmit West Nile Virus. They lack the sucking mouthparts (proboscis) that are found on mosquitoes for use in feeding on blood and nectar. Midges have no ability to bite and do not carry any human diseases. Adults do not eat and have a short life span of five to ten days.

 

Houses and buildings with outside lighting will attract large numbers of non-biting midges. Move light away from sensitive areas such as doorways, windows, patios, etc. Avoid the use of unnecessary lights until 45 minutes after sundown since 90 percent or more of flight activity takes place before that time. Sometimes, eggs are laid on surfaces around lights and on buildings. These egg masses can become unsightly and smear when wet. By replacing a 100-Watt mercury vapor light (ultraviolet energy) with a 50-Watt high-pressure sodium vapor light, midge concentrations are significantly reduced. (Lights least attractive to insects are sodium vapor or halogen with pink, yellow or orange tints and dichrom yellow bulbs.) Blacklight traps (bug zappers) will kill midges, but unfortunately often attract more midges into the area than are killed.

 

I think we should send this to the Yankee's in a tiffany blue box!