Sounds like we are pretty similar.Originally Posted by DrTimPerkins
Regarding your earlier question .... the type of "flies" tell us what season it is:
1. Blackflies = late spring
2. Mosquitos/deer flies = summer
3. Leaves flying = fall
4. If the snow "flies", then winter or early spring.
As a general rule:
black flies are from May 15 - June 15
Deer/horse flies from June 15 -July 15
Mosquitoes come and go. They are mostly bad at dusk.
Around July 15th there starts to be a drop off in the deer flies and horseflies and as August proceeds, they become rarer and rarer. September is virtually bug free other than some mosquitoes and the very, very odd black fly that returns.
Stable flies show up on four or five intermittent days of the summer.
Snow that stays is around November 10th. The last three years the snow reached it’s peak on February 27th exactly, then snow amounts receded. Every year is different, especially now with climate change. I am not sure if climate change for the maple syrup business will be a good thingmor a bad thing. Will it shorten the season, or just have the season start earlier, or will it prolong the season.
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