Hi!
We have a major bug problem outside and have no clue what it really is and what we can do about it. It appears mostly in the evening....really, anytime after 4:00pm. We just moved outside of Chicago, and in the city, we never had this problem. The bugs also seem to follow us, if we are in the backyard, they'll swarm your head, if you go to dairy queen a few miles away, they're there too. Last night we went to Target that's about 8 miles away and they were still swarming our heads.
As mentioned above, they seem to like your head. They don't bite you, but they just annoy you, and sometimes you will breath one in through your nose or mouth. Last night, when we were stopped, they really seemed to like my black side mirror on my car. You can see them just swarming around it.
From an area perspective, we live outside of Chicago. The area use to be a lot of farmland it's quietly disappearing. We have a pond and forest in our subdivision, but since it happens miles away from our house too, I don't think that's a factor.
I know that we can't do anything about them when we go elsewhere, but if there anything that we can do on our property? I would *guess* they are gnats, but I really don't know for sure. We like being outside, but it's no fun when you're being attacked.
Thanks in advanced for any hints!
We have a major bug problem outside and have no clue what it really is and what we can do about it. It appears mostly in the evening....really, anytime after 4:00pm. We just moved outside of Chicago, and in the city, we never had this problem. The bugs also seem to follow us, if we are in the backyard, they'll swarm your head, if you go to dairy queen a few miles away, they're there too. Last night we went to Target that's about 8 miles away and they were still swarming our heads.
As mentioned above, they seem to like your head. They don't bite you, but they just annoy you, and sometimes you will breath one in through your nose or mouth. Last night, when we were stopped, they really seemed to like my black side mirror on my car. You can see them just swarming around it.
From an area perspective, we live outside of Chicago. The area use to be a lot of farmland it's quietly disappearing. We have a pond and forest in our subdivision, but since it happens miles away from our house too, I don't think that's a factor.
I know that we can't do anything about them when we go elsewhere, but if there anything that we can do on our property? I would *guess* they are gnats, but I really don't know for sure. We like being outside, but it's no fun when you're being attacked.
Thanks in advanced for any hints!