# Are the blackflies worse this year?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 27, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400 "2017-04-27T23:02:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400/1 "2017-04-27T23:02:26Z")

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The friggin blackflies here in upstate NY are terrible on my back porch this spring. I don’t remember them being this bad. I may need to take up cigars.

I blame Trump.

How are they in y’alls neck of the woods?

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400/2 "2017-04-27T23:47:27Z")

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There are very very few flying insects out here in CA. I love it!

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**Author:** ![kanicbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f8ce5/32.png) [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2017, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400/3 "2017-04-27T23:49:46Z")

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They were out today, not looking good, but not too numerous, but they are usually not here at all.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400/4 "2017-04-28T19:54:07Z")

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Finally, a flying pest that doesn’t inhabit the southern US! Y’all can keep them!

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**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-blackflies-worse-this-year/785400/5 "2017-04-28T23:00:13Z")

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> [@Paintcharge](#):
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> The friggin blackflies here in upstate NY are terrible on my back porch this spring. I don’t remember them being this bad. I may need to take up cigars.
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> I blame Trump.
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> How are they in y’alls neck of the woods?

Yes! A thousand times YES!!! They’re driving me out of my mind. :eek: I’m sure I look like a lunatic, walking along, flailing my arms all over the place to keep them from getting me.

The other day I breathed in two at the same time and nearly hacked out a lung coughing them out. One went in my eye and when I smooshed it, part of it stayed in my eye till I got home and picked the rest of it out.

I’m on Vancouver Island but I’ll blame Trump, too.