I grew up in Southern California, near the coast. One summer, probably late 70's, there was an incredible abundance of them and they were flying everywhere! Absolutely horrifying! The stuff of nightmares. I've hated them ever since. We kids stayed inside until they started dying off, it was so bad - and we NEVER stayed inside for anything else, lol. My Dad remembered that summer until the day he died. Whenever I tell folks about them flying they don't believe me! Lol.
I grew up in Southern California, near the coast. One summer, probably late 70's, there was an incredible abundance of them and they were flying everywhere! Absolutely horrifying! The stuff of nightmares. I've hated them ever since. We kids stayed inside until they started dying off, it was so bad - and we NEVER stayed inside for anything else, lol. My Dad remembered that summer until the day he died. Whenever I tell folks about them flying they don't believe me! Lol.