A bug in the snow

[Eric or Pat Metzler]

It was a stonefly, order Plecoptera.  Very common in the winter.  The 
larvae are aquatic, and they emerge in the winter where they often rest 
on the snow. Pretty cool bugs (pun intended) when we are normally 
getting cabin fever - a la Ann Kilmer.

There are stoneflies aplenty in Ohio right now.

Eric Metzler

Martin Bailey wrote:

> After spending a nice day in the middle of nowhere, I came home yesterday
> and turned on the email.  After the counter read 36, I stopped the machine
> and began to read...  and read.  Not wanting to miss anything I restarted
> the machine and to my horror I still had 64 messages coming in.  To further
> add insult to injury, some of the new messages were repeats of the first 36.
> In the process I forgot to do what I had wanted to do:  Ask someone out
> there is cyberspace a question which no one around here could answer for me.
> 
> I saw a black bug about 3/4 of an inch long on the snow which soon flew
> away.  It reminded me of a damselfly -swept back wings and delicate body,
> yet I would characterize its head as that of a housefly.   I was on a snow
> covered dirt road in the midst of fields that would be cultivated in the
> summer.  There were no habitated buildings for miles around.
> 
> Any guesses please.
> 
> Martin Bailey,
> 
> greetings from:  Weyburn, SK., Canada.
>                          49.39N  103.51W
> 
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