A quick technical word on March Flies (horse flies). There are a number of different types including smaller very quiet ones. The females that bite because they need the blood to develop their eggs. Males feed on flower nectar. Bees might not be after most of our food but watch out on very hot days if you have water about. They come around in swarms and just won't go away. Some people put a flat dish of water out a fair distance from camp to try and keep them away but that doesn't always work :)
@WesternAustraliaNowAndThen
6 ай бұрын
Here's a little ditty about flies and mozzies I wrote a few years back. Seems to fit well with the video's topics :) Tag Team It’s just before the sun comes up You sip upon your brew The chilly air will keep at bay The early morning crew But later as the day heats up You’re starting to salute That honoured Aussie swiping wave That gives the flies the boot And suddenly they’re everywhere They crawl around your eyes You try about just every trick To keep away those flies A hat with corks has given way To covering with mesh The Aeroguard you used to use No longer keeps you fresh They seem to know, those cursed flies When tasks will take both hands For when they do they gather round In massive swarming bands The bush flies aren’t the only ones That make you swear and curse The blue flies buzz around your head And March flies, even worse! You know there’s no escaping them When grey skies turn to blue But evening rolls around at last And then their reign is through But in the dusk you hear a sound A nasty high pitched whine The mozzies are all waking up Those lousy rotten swine You cover up with jeans and boots You light the mozzy coils You sit out in the balmy night And burn exotic oils The subtle nasty little sting You feel upon your leg While gathered round the barbeque Or leaning on the keg It tells you all your sprays and stuff Are having no effect So bites and stings are just the things You’re learning to expect And so the Summer tag team makes Your days a living hell And even in the evenings You will suffer on as well All Winter long you waited for The skies to turn to blue But you forgot the nasty things The tag team planed for you Popanyinning October 2005
@CampingWesternAustralia
6 ай бұрын
You should publish that poem on your channel somehow, it’s great!!
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