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Mayflies. Also known as shadflies. You do have them, just not as big as this species, and not as numerous.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfly
When I lived in Savanna, IL (follow highway 64 west out of Chicago to the Mississippi River) back in the 70s & 80s we had a big hatch usually in early July, and sometimes they would pile up a foot or more deep under the lights at the end of the Sabula-Savanna bridge. They would rot and for weeks they reeked like dead fish.
----->Bill
Très intéressant!
6 years agoHello Jeanna and Kerry,
You are great and amazing excellent super cycliste!
I finaly find my account to your tour site...I have several days of this trip to catch up....
Your journal is alway the most interesting to read...
Welcome to Canada 🇨🇦 today...
Keep on the good pedalling !
We cheers for you
Best regards from Jacques and Lise 💕👍😜
Super glue is quite brittle...
6 years agoYup, those are sugar beets! They grew a lot of them in Southern California, where I grew up. A number of years later, I saw lots of them when we were living in Germany back in the mid-'70s. The farmers in our village used them for livestock feed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar_beet
----->Bill
Actually, we didn't. They wanted more for 1 scoop than we pay for a full half-gallon of Publix premium and I just couldn't bring myself to buy it.
6 years agoHopefully you had some ice cream!!!
6 years agoThanks for the correction. I guess I should have paid more attention when I read the wind in the willows.
6 years agoAmerican toad.
https://srelherp.uga.edu/anurans/bufame.htm
Generally speaking, frogs are slimy and slim while toads are warty and fat.
Of the 2 species of toads in Michigan, this one is the most common. The other species is Fowler's toad. Very similar but it has several warts in each dark spot, while American toads only have one or two.
----->Bill
Thanks, Bill for the ID. When we are out riding now, we talk about which plants we're going to post pictures of for you to identify. You've become part of our daily routine!
6 years agoSoapwort
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponaria_officinalis
Purple loosestrife
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/purple-loosestrife
Purple loosestrife is pretty, but invasive.
https://www.minnesotawildflowers.info/flower/purple-loosestrife
----->Bill
Nice stand of soapwort!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saponaria_officinalis
----->Bill
Nice macro shot!
6 years ago