I guess it depends upon where one lives. I live in a neighborhood with lots of trees, and a 16 acre nature park (with wetlands) adjacent to my yard. I've had an organic yard since I moved here five years ago. I also have three bird baths-one with a recirculating fountain.
I have five plus types of bees; wasps; yellowjackets; hornets (had to have a hive next to my front porch removed two weeks ago); 4-6 types of butterflys depending on the day; moths at night; 2-4 types of dragonflys; big-eyed bugs; lady beatles (and aphids which they mostly control); paracitic wasps; flys (though not many); 5 or more types of spiders; including striped "woods" spiders; mosquitoes--this year not too bad so far; midges; and other bugs that I either ignore or overlook. 'Course these populations are kept in line by the many birds that live in or near my yard. I even had a bat fly over one night.
Guess that makes all populations happy!

Christine Southwick
N Seattle/Shoreline
clsouthwick at comcast.net

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 camelama at speakeasy.net wrote:

>
> Either that or they've all come to my house (Come on-a my house, my house a come on).
>
> Moths, flies, mosquitos, bugs of all shapes and sizes. Couldn't get to sleep last night because something fairly large (for a bug, that is) kept flying around the room and hitting my feet and face occasionally - couldn't ever see what it was, every time I turned on the lamp the room was empty! Ack!!
>
> Susan (whose suet blocks are being destroyed on a daily basis lately - but not by the usual Starling suspects, but by mobs and mobs of Chickadees!)
>
> Ballard, WA
> camelama at speakeasy.net
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Lydia Bishop [mailto:gizathecat at verizon.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 02:40 PM
>> To: jlrosso at aol.com, kwren at charter.net, cobirds at talk.netatlantic.com,
>> Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Cc: rebmike at efn.org
>> Subject: RE: [Tweeters] Fwd: Where are the insects?
>>
>> Insects?
>>
>>
>>
>> They must all be in the Lake Wentachee area. Went camping and got eaten
>> alive by mosquitos at the campground, and biting flies on a hike.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've noticed fewer violet-green swallows in my neighborhood near Lake
>> Stevens.
>>
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>> Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Cc: rebmike at efn.org
>> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Fwd: Where are the insects?
>>
>>
>>
>> This is our fifth summer in Arlington Virginia and the first time that I
>> have not been bit by mosquitos. None. Usually I would get 4 bites just going
>> out to get the newspaper in the morning. Nothing. Some attributed it to the
>> drought, but the drought was over when we were deluged with rain a month
>> ago.
>>
>>
>>
>> It is tempting to enjoy the lack of insects until you realize that something
>> might be wrong. (The ants of course are doing just fine).
>>
>>
>>
>> Jim Rosso
>>
>> Arlington Virginia
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>> jlrosso at aol.com
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: kwren at charter.net
>> To: cobirds at talk.netatlantic.com; Tweeters at u.washington.edu
>> Cc: rebmike at efn.org
>> Sent: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 9:41 AM
>> Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: Where are the insects?
>>
>>> This from my sister who lives in Oregon (Eugene). It struck me >because of
>> the discussion about the decline in Nighthawks and other >insect-eaters:
>>>
>>> Have you noticed how few insects there are?
>>>
>>> Our back door has been open since all day. Not one fly. Not one >gnat. Not
>> one mosquito. Not one moth. Especially since we've come >home late, and the
>> lights have been on.
>>>
>>> Not even a wasp or bee!
>>>
>>> What's going on?
>>>
>>> R
>>
>> -- Kathryn Mikesell Hornbein
>> 1317 Devils Gulch Rd.
>> Estes Park, CO 80517
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