Skeeters

The other day it was pushing 40 degrees outside and when I went over to check out how much snow was in the box of my truck, I saw something flying around the box. I happened to have my camera as I was planning to take some pictures of my chainsaw project, so I took some pictures of what was flying around and on the snow. SKEETERS, fuck can't be safe from the little bloodsucking bastards even in the middle of the winter!!

Because we had a few warm days and nights (warm for this time of year, above freezing during the day and night) the skeeters must have woken up from their hibernation and probably were laying eggs in the snow. When the snow melts in the Spring and puddles form the eggs would hatch. That's my theory and I'm sticking to it. They weren't interested in biting me, seemed like they were more interested in the snow.

The Finns have a term for describing skeeters in winter. (I could tell you what the word is, but can't spell it and can't find it either on-line or in the dictionaries we have.) It refers to when you have the top surface of the snow melting and then freezing hard enough to walk on. That usually happens in late winter or early spring.