Anyone have an idea what this is?

ShawnOL
ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭
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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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  • Stubble
    Stubble Posts: 10,217 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like an albino spotted Guatemalan banana wasp.

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  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

    About 1/4" would be close.

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  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not whiteflies then.

  • silvermouse
    silvermouse Posts: 23,637 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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  • Jrflickster
    Jrflickster Posts: 4,483 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Gross

  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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  • Yakster
    Yakster Posts: 31,707 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I was going to guess a tree.

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  • Guitarded
    Guitarded Posts: 4,720 ✭✭✭✭✭

    6CO2+6H2O→C6H12O6+6O2

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  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,142 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 2023

    @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?

    If it don’t bother me, it don’t bother me. Just leave me alone.

  • Rdp77
    Rdp77 Posts: 8,142 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

    I remember that from botany classes

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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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  • Amos_Umwhat
    Amos_Umwhat Posts: 9,893 ✭✭✭✭✭

    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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  • ShawnOL
    ShawnOL Posts: 13,533 ✭✭✭✭✭

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

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  • dirtdude
    dirtdude Posts: 6,263 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Around here when a bush starts rattling I run.

    A little dirt never hurt
  • TruDog
    TruDog Posts: 8,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ...A Bug.

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