Do we have any zoologists here?

[Mito Man]

Just wondering what those teeny tiny insects that magically coat you at this of year whenever you walk in a grassy area are called?

One pictured top centre of pic. Another out of focus on the left.

[integrale_evo]

Thunder flies hth

[Mito Man]

Thank you! And I’m now glad my phone can’t zoom in more because they look fecking terrifying.

[duncs500]

I always thought thunder flies were the slightly bigger more beetley ones?

[V8Granite]

Fleas, you have fleas.

Dave!

[Ascender]

Fleas, you have fleas.

Dave!

We get what we call corn/harvest flies depending what the farmer is growing each year. They get absolutely everywhere, including under computer screens in the past where they die and then you're stuck with them until they dry up and fall down into the body of the monitor or tv.

[integrale_evo]

Well thunder flies or thunder bugs are what I’ve always called them. The annoying little things that somehow get inside computer screens

[Explosive Newt]

Proper term is Thrips but lots of people call them Thunderflies.

[Marv]

South - Thunderflies
Up North - Wizzy Barmers
Scotland - Nooty Neepers

[Rich B]

never heard the name thunder bugs/flies!

[Mito Man]

Neither, can’t recall ever hearing that in school either. Maybe these thunderbirds are a northern bug which have migrated south in recent years

[mik]

Maybe these thunderbirds are a northern bug which have migrated south in recent years

If they were Midgie-alike you’d know all about it!

[duncs500]

I always thought thunder flies were the slightly bigger more beetley ones?

Right, so I've had to research this to figure out what I was remembering from my childhood.

What I'm remembering is pollen beetles, they used to love sitting on brightly coloured clothing, which makes sense. When I was a kid we used to call them thunder flies, and they were fairly abundant where I lived in the summer. I don't recall seeing one for many years. Anyway, misnamed by us at the time and not thunder flies which are the Thrips that get into everything and seem pretty abundant round here now.

Dunno whether the change in bugs is geographical or climate logical!?

[Zonda_]

Always know them as thunderbugs.

[V8Granite]

Fleas, we have deduced he is riddled with fleas.

Dave!

[Rich B]

so why are they called thunderbugs? do they make noise or something?

[ZedLeg]

It’s an entomologist you would’ve wanted if not for the OV9 folk wisdom

[Zonda_]

so why are they called thunderbugs? do they make noise or something?

They tend to appear prior to thunderstorms.

[Mito Man]

I always thought thunder flies were the slightly bigger more beetley ones?

Right, so I've had to research this to figure out what I was remembering from my childhood.

What I'm remembering is pollen beetles, they used to love sitting on brightly coloured clothing, which makes sense. When I was a kid we used to call them thunder flies, and they were fairly abundant where I lived in the summer. I don't recall seeing one for many years. Anyway, misnamed by us at the time and not thunder flies which are the Thrips that get into everything and seem pretty abundant round here now.

Dunno whether the change in bugs is geographical or climate logical!?

Ok I’ve been misnaming pollen beetles as another type of aphid all my life

[Beany]

I dunno what they're called (I've heard them called thunderbugs doon sooth) but I know they loooove getting into LCD monitors and getting stuck behind the cover layer....