Not a question but a brief report.
I hiked portions of Tongue Mountain over the May 21-23 weekend and found bugs to be minimal. It's a dry mountain for water (for the most part) and consequently it does not have a huge bad bug population.
However, the Pharoah Wilderness is a nightmare. The mosquitoes are in full force. Hovering masses intertwined with random dive bombers. I imagine there were black flies but the mosquitoes were far and away more prevalent that it was hard to pay attention if I swatted at a black fly, a squetter or some other flying insect.
Just an FYI for folks.
I hiked portions of Tongue Mountain over the May 21-23 weekend and found bugs to be minimal. It's a dry mountain for water (for the most part) and consequently it does not have a huge bad bug population.
However, the Pharoah Wilderness is a nightmare. The mosquitoes are in full force. Hovering masses intertwined with random dive bombers. I imagine there were black flies but the mosquitoes were far and away more prevalent that it was hard to pay attention if I swatted at a black fly, a squetter or some other flying insect.
Just an FYI for folks.
