They’re bloody everywhere I’ve been!

Apparently my spectacles are a good place for them to land on and chill out for a bit.

Many greenfly died to bring you this message.

Yup, got covered in them on this morning’s ride.

Yep pudsey is awash too

Yep, just been to oakwell hall and its like a bloody fog up there!!

It’s insect hatching day in the dales. Still picking them out of my teeth

Just been from Leeds to Summerbridge and back on road bike. Biblical amounts in the air, think I swallowed at least 5!

had a mechanical this morning, and most have swiped hundreds* of the things off myself

*some hyperbole may have been employed bringing you this message

Yep, loads in Clumber and Sherwood Pines too

What are the big black flies

What are the big black flies

They’re big black flies

HTHs

😁

Just driven from Manchester to York and back, and over the hills the number greenfly being splatted into the windscreen was amazing. The front of the car is green

Ice cream stop with laddo whilst out on pedals earlier involved us hitting each other to kill green fly on our tops. I do think there were a few imaginary ones!

Swarming massively on Cannock chase too, had to abandon the gardening and come inside earlier. It’s not too bad now and the birds are looking lively.

[smug]Wharfedale was greenfly free today [/smug]

I went out on the motorbike for a few hours – it was like riding in green rain, could hear little splats as they hit my visor – there were so many I had to keep pulling over to wipe it clear as it was impairing my vision.

My jacket, gloves and lid are absolutely covered in green bodies, wings and legs. Bloody awful!

Horrible little mites they are too. Plenty down here in Cornwall too. They decimated my chilli crops a couple of years back!

my guess is youll have a storm tuesday

They were out at Bolton Abbey yesterday….

Whats the calorific content of a single greenfly? I think I may have taken in more calories than I expended today…..and I broke a spoke.

The big black flies with the dangly legs are called St Mark’s Flies

The big black flies with the dangly legs are called St Mark’s Flies

Cool. Hard little bastards. It was like riding through a hailstorm at a couple of points yesterday.

drove back from dundee to west yorkshire yesterday, my car was like day of the aphid

seen no greenfly in Milton Keyness, but was the biggest swarm of bees Ive ever seen, came out of a house in town, beeing about before beeting a retreat beetween the beeldings.
Kind of glad it wasnt me they were after this time

Went out today on a random loop between Harrogate and Harewood and i had so many greenfly on me that i almost resembled the green goblin from a distance. There were stretches today where you simply couldn’t open your mouth to breath.

I had to shave off my beard after the commute as I couldn’t wash all the little blighters out. Thousands of the things out tonight.

It’s grim oop North.

Ate about 100 of them last night at footy!