They don't bite, we call them "moucherons" (small flies) and it can be amazing to see a huge "clouds" on the top of a tree. Food for swallow and bath.
Arlevin, Apr 24, 2006 @ 23:14

That kind does not need to suck your blood to make babies, so, don't worried, they are really smaller then the "bad" mosquito. The only bad thing with them it's when you are bicycling, you get them in your eyes and eat them. Does not taste so good.... You may won't see the difference with the bad one but they will show you, when you get bite, that's the other species.
Arlevin, Apr 25, 2006 @ 16:26

Sorry, it's in french... I found that.
Le moucheron est un insecte pas plus gros qu'une t?te d'?pingle. Certains l'appellent mouche noire ou mouche ? fruits, mais c'est une erreur les fruits ne l'int?ressent pas du tout, son alimentation consistant de mati?res organiques qui se trouvent dans les terreaux.
Le moucheron est inoffensif sauf le fait de nous ennuyer par sa pr?sence. Il ne vit que quelques jours et le seul but de sa courte vie est de trouver un autre moucheron pour la reproduction et ainsi procr?er l'esp?ce.
La femelle pond de 75 ? 200 oeufs qui ?closent rapidement sous forme de petits vers blancs qui d?vorent les mati?res organiques que contiennent les composts et les terreaux, cependant ils ne s'attaquent pas aux plantes.
Le moucheron est attir? par la chaleur et l'humidit?,c'est pourquoi ils sont attir?s par la chaleur que nous d?gageons et nous emb?tent royalement en volant dans notre visage.
En r?alit? leur principal r?le est de servir de nourriture aux insectivores. A part d'?tres irritants, ils ne sont nuisibles en rien. Il serait insens? d'utiliser des pesticides qui seraient dangereux pour la sant? humaine pour ce d?barrasser de ces petits insectes qui causent si peu de d?g?ts. Ils sont ennuyeux, mais le moucheron est sans aucun danger.
Arlevin, Apr 26, 2006 @ 12:39

they make me want to buy a flame gun, that'd be cool
Rasputin, Jun 22, 2009 @ 22:10

haha! i think i should bring my battery-operated-tennis racquet-style-small-flying-bug-electrifier. should be fun...
CatALiNa6, Jun 23, 2009 @ 08:35

RESPECT NATURE!

Who are we, humans, to decide what kind of creatures has the right to live or not? Every insect we see will end up under our size 46 shoes or, when it's a flying one, sqeezed against the wall.

Every organism, even how little it is, has its function on this planet.

For example: birds are supposed to eat the flies and mosquitos, however because of humans on a terrace think it's so cute how the birds are very close when they are fed with pieces of bread, the birds don't chase the flies anymore because they already stuffed with bread and are not hungry anymore!

Conclusion: it's because of humans that there are so many flies/mosquitos.
Arnovd, Jun 26, 2009 @ 21:03