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ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Some kind of small bug the size of a mosquito, but not. These things are flying around everywhere in large clouds, like gnats.

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    StubbleStubble Posts: 8,199 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like an albino spotted Guatemalan banana wasp.

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    Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I believe it’s called a Whitefly. They usually show up and disappear about as quick as mayflys.

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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Sounds like white fly. Are they about 1/16th of an inch?

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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    Sounds like white fly. Are they about 1/16th of an inch?

    About 1/4" would be close.

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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not whiteflies then.

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    silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 19,234 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I think I found it--non-biting midge:
    https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/47766038

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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you, Edward. I've never heard of them. Glad they're non-biting.

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    JrflicksterJrflickster Posts: 3,613 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gross

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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Got another one for ya. I'm cleaning out an overgrown alley and came across this plant. It's not poison ivy, I don't think it's poison oak, but it looks suspicious. Poisonous?

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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW, I'm very susceptible to rashes from poison ivy and poison oak. Even wearing gloves and long sleeves I get covered in it. The last time was so severe I had to get steroid shots to cope with it.

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    YaksterYakster Posts: 25,748 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was going to guess a tree.

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    GuitardedGuitarded Posts: 4,647 ✭✭✭✭✭

    6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2

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    Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @ShawnOL said:
    Got another one for ya. I'm cleaning out an overgrown alley and came across this plant. It's not poison ivy, I don't think it's poison oak, but it looks suspicious. Poisonous?

    Does the base of the stem have bark on it?
    The leaves are a little different than any maple that’s native to my area. It looks like a Japanese maple called an Acer. Any of those around close?

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    Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,101 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Guitarded said:
    6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2

    I remember that from botany classes

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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No trees near it. The reddish tint to the leaves made me suspicious.

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    Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,435 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My guess would be Japanese maple sapling, or possibly a Sycamore from the shape of the leaves. Reddish tint could be a characteristic, or the result of soil composition.

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    ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 8,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ok, thanks. Can't be too careful around weeds and brush.

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    dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,658 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Around here when a bush starts rattling I run.

    A little dirt never hurt
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    TruDogTruDog Posts: 8,325 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...A Bug.

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