Saturday, May 12, 2007

Gnats in Illinois

Gnats a pain for west-central Illinois (AP)

In this undated photo provided by the University of Illinois, a buffalo gnat is seen in central Illinois. Buffalo gnats, a type of black fly that has hatched out in unusually large numbers the past couple of weeks in west-central Illinois, have been been irritating farmers since they have hatched this spring 2007. They're parasites, spending most of their roughly three weeks of life looking for blood to provide the protein needed to lay eggs. (AP Photo/University of Illinois)AP - Kyle Winkelmann has learned in the past two weeks that if he's going to get into the cab of his tractor, he had better do it in a hurry.


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