They're BAaaaaaAAACCCCCKKKKK!!!!!!!

It started out like any other Summer. Then they day that every DBQer hopes won't come, but does. The fishflies return. 1st you see just a few, then before you know it there are millions of them. Anything white & under a light turns to a brownish mass of smelly wings.

For those of you who have not had the dubious pleasure of experiencing The Invasion of the Fishflies be glad. You haven't missed anything. Fishflies exist for 2 reasons, to mate & to make DBQers lives miserasble. They stink up the place as well as make the drive across the Julien Dubuque bridge more slippery than during a snowstorm. (Yes, they have actually had to use snow plows to clean them off. & to prevent major problems it is now SOP to turn off the lights on the bridge when they make their appearance.)

But the worst is the smell. It is that smell that gives the insect its name. & if you haven't figured out by now, it smells like dead fish.

Anyhow, they recently returned. They will come & go over the next month or so, & while they are here, all we can do is do our best to ignore them & go on with our lives.

Here is a great article describing their appearance each Summer: Return of the Mouthless Horde. Meanwhile, I'll go back to working on my script for the horror movie about their annual arrival.