Had to spit out a grasshopper!

[MtnBikerChk]

Eeeeewwwwwww!!!!!

[Jolt]

Yuck!!!

[cylegoddess]

You all should come out here, to Australia. We get LOTS of really friendly flies.
Swarms of them.
And unlike Cali flies, they dont stop when you shoo them away.In fact, Ive had to run down streets and hide inside to get away from them.

But seriously, its ok compared to swooping, psycho magpies that are about to breed and nest, ALL ALONG THE COMMUTING BIKE TRAILS - and attack us poor cycling folks, by swooping down and at your face , sides of face, back of neck and back. The least worst, just scare the crap out of you, by suddenly hitting your back( they are BIG - the size of parrots) when you least expect it.

[crazycanuck]

Oooh how I love to be a human winshield washer whilst walking down the road. The flies are so bad here in Western Australia that if you get below fly speed, you're covered.

Mtn biking uphill is sooo much fun in the summer..Flies, pea gravel, dust, heat..what more could you ask for.

Summer, please come soon

[woohoo]

On a quick ride after work tonight I had to ride through a few swarms of small flying bugs. A couple hit me in the face, eyes etc... All fine until I got home and realised that I literally had a dead bug squashed into each eye! Thank goodness for contact lenses protecting my eyes a bit, but I think I'll being going shopping for some clear-lens specs as soon as...!

[channlluv]

Does TE sell a summer weight belaclava for bug inhalation prevention?

Roxy, whose swallowed a few bugs herself here and there

[bmccasland]

Yesterday riding the river levee there were lots of dragon flies about... and I'm a mouth breather...

Crunchy

No I didn't swallow. Blech. I had several commit suicide on my helmet and through my spokes

[kmehrzad]

I'm always coming home after my ride with my face covered in black gnats, some having flown into my eyes, etc. But several weeks ago as I was climbing a hill something nearly flew into my mouth. It hung onto my lip and stung the living daylights out of the inside of my lip; I think it was a yellow jacket. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, but the pain from the sting was almost more than I could take, having occurred in a very sensitive area. I nearly crashed the bike trying to get the bee off my lip then rode home about 20 miles with a swollen lip that lasted through the next day. So gnats aren't that big of a deal any more, just keep the bees away. Thank goodness I'm not allergic to them.