CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - BIG BUGS, LITTLE, ODD AND INDIFFERENT BUGS DESCEND UPON WYNOT ==================================================================== NEGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the NEGenWeb Archives by Carol Tramp Permission granted by: Rob Dump, Editor, Cedar County News ====================================================================== WYNOT TRIBUNE JULY 20, 1939 BIG BUGS, LITTLE, ODD AND INDIFFERENT BUGS DESCEND UPON WYNOT Residents in and near Wynot think there are more insects of various kinds this summer than ever before. Besides the hoppers there are black beetles and gray beetles, both of which eat the garden vegetables and more different kinds of bugs than was ever seen before. Until a few days ago no one had ever heard of a fish fly. And will somebody please explain what kind of a fly a fish fly is? In a letter received by Laura Sonneman from her cousin Hilda Sonneman of Winona, Minn., she tells the following story about fish flies. The other night our little city was besieged by an army of millions of fish flies or May flies as some people call them. Towns along the river are invaded by the flies about once a year. They head for the "bright lights" and were thicker this time than they have ever been due no doubt to the very warm weather. When I went to work yesterday morning I noticed there were piles of them about a foot high in some places under the lamp posts or under the store windows that are lighted at night. In fact the street department had to shovel them into trucks and haul them away like snow. There is an oder of fish connected with them-- I suppose that because they come from the river.