Black fly Season!
We joke in Maine that we have many more than four seasons. Depending on the Mainer and their geographic upbringing then you will get slightly different answers. This is probably true in other places but I’ve not heard many examples.
So for me there is the Fourth of July, Summer, Foliage Season, Autumn, Winter, Mud Season, Spring and finally Black fly Season. Yes, black fly season is in full swing now. The excessive amount of water that is around and the warm days make for perfect conditions this year. And the massive swarms are demonstrating some amazingly large examples. I could have sworn I saw some the size of a small house fly today.
I stopped for some road construction today and could barely see the flagger due to the cloud of black flies around him. I felt so sorry for him and was glad when I could move on.
So unless we are saved by a couple of days of overnight frost then it looks like this will be a particularly bad black fly season. By the middle of June they will pass and all of the activity and excitement around Independence Day will arrive marking the change of the season.
Oh, and for the record, I still have snow banks in the yard! Reminders of the long winter we had.