tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post112273662373856635..comments2023-11-02T07:25:45.884-05:00Comments on Mormanity - a blog for those interested in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: One With the Bugs?Jeff Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08776493593387402607noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-32499780458249440962013-05-26T18:48:28.438-05:002013-05-26T18:48:28.438-05:00Juliette Kinzie reported lake flies in her book Wa...Juliette Kinzie reported lake flies in her book Wau-Bun in 1832. The Oshkosh Daily Northwestern reported them 1n 1878. Lake flies were first report by species in 1910. See "Economic and Biologic Notes on the Giant Midge" page 128. http://books.google.com/books?id=BvfOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA124&lpg=PA124&dq=%22Economic+and+Biologic+Notes+on+the+Giant+%22&source=bl&ots=HwUE_NBCW2&sig=qhaysVfm8nCqYtPMupuZ7DbA6Vg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=TJyiUerRIoOBygG1n4D4Bw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q<br /><br />DonD. Nussbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00245703183261426040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-14912221428404702982010-04-29T13:06:16.949-05:002010-04-29T13:06:16.949-05:00Mayflies and Lakeflies are from completely distinc...Mayflies and Lakeflies are from completely distinct orders. Both are aquatic and have short adult lives. Mayfly larva are beetle like in appearance, lake fly larva are worm like in appearance. Mayflies survive less than one day, while lake flies live as adults 3-11 days (temperature dependant, lower temps = longer adult lives)KevinJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862095019095596834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-378615260732198372010-04-29T13:00:52.540-05:002010-04-29T13:00:52.540-05:00Anonymous from 1:02 PM, May 16, 2009, Lake Flies (...Anonymous from 1:02 PM, May 16, 2009, Lake Flies (Chironomus plumosus) ARE indigenous to Lake Winnebago. See Observations on Excessive Abundance of the Midge Chironomus plumosus at Lake Pepin<br />M. S. Johnson and Francis Munger<br />Ecology, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1930), pp. 110-126 if you do not believe it. There are references to swarms from 1910. The association with sturgeon is invalid, and ludicrous as is the assumption that lack of presence of an organism in one body of water, although connected to another, is undeniable proof of your assertion.KevinJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06862095019095596834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-82030670374629434412009-05-16T13:02:00.000-05:002009-05-16T13:02:00.000-05:00Contrary to popular belief, lake flies are not ind...Contrary to popular belief, lake flies are not indigenous to Lake Winnebago. They were introduced to feed the sturgeon back in the 30's as a DNR experiment because at that time, numbers of sturgeon were dangerously low and spearing was not allowed for a number of years. (And we all know what happens when the DNR decides to "experiment" with insects, right?).<br /><br />Proof of this is that Lake Poygan is also home for sturgeon, yet there are no lake flies there.<br /><br />The numbers of zebra mussels in the lake are not down, but remain steady. The lake flies are back due to the same reason they were here in the first place - the DNR.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7139169.post-20202169020706371672009-05-11T13:37:00.000-05:002009-05-11T13:37:00.000-05:00Well the flies are here AGAIN....I don't enjoy the...Well the flies are here AGAIN....I don't enjoy them..It would appear that with the coming of the zebra mussels in the water, we lost the large impact of the lake flies..Well,for the last 2-3 years the mussels had all but disappeared and back are the lake flies...I think I like the zebra mussels better...The flies leave their imprint on anything and everything outdoors when they die which is probably less than a week..and enjoy inside living as they follow you into your home or car...They leave a kind of "green" die when they die...supposedly they don't have any stomaches and just flie around leaving eggs to hatch for the 2nd round of flies to be born a little later in the summer... What, if any relationship are these Lakeflies to the Mayflies?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com