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OFF TOPIC => General => Topic started by: mike tesko on October 09, 2020, 12:19:AM
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Clueless?
What, Who, Me?
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Draconid Meteor Shower
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Rest in place.
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Unusual (Chemtrail) lines in skies
No one saw the aircrafts which made/left these trails in the morning skies, the aircraft which were responsible flew under cover of darkness (at night) at high altitude. Conspiracy theorists like myself, believed that governments around the world were deliberately releasing biological/germ warfare into the atmosphere and when these lines first became prevalent in September October 2019, people like me started to wonder whether or not it had the effect of increasing flu cases between end of November (2019) - February (2020)
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Some of these line markings in the morning sky started to reappear this summer (2020)..
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Also please bear in mind the presence of Russian warships off the coast of England and Scotland?
Scotland, in particular is of interest to me, in this matter..
Why are/did the Russians carry out all of these exercises, not just around the coast of the UK, and at other places around the world?
The answer, lies in Scotland...
Here is a map, showing areas and regions in Scotland which has something to do, with the outbreaks of Covid-19 around the world...
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'Gnats'ies - 'NAZIS'
Lifespan of Gnats
The lifespan of gnats occurs in the following four stages: eggs, larva, pupa and adult. First, gelatinous egg masses of up to 3,000 eggs are laid on the surface of water. In several days to 7 days, eggs will sink to the bottom of the water where they are laid and then hatch. Larvae leave the egg mass and burrow into the mud. Organic matter in water and mud is used as food for developing larvae. As they grow, they gradually turn dark red. This larval stage of the lifespan of gnats takes 2-7 weeks depending on the water temperature. Larvae transform into pupae. The pupae stage lasts only 3 days. Pupae actively swim for the surface and adults emerge several hours later. Not soon after emerging, adult gnats will mate. Consequently, adults only live for 3 to 5 days, because these insects never feed once they reach maturity. In the summer months, the gnats’ breeding cycle can be completed in 2 to 3 weeks. Fall and winter will suspend the gnats’ breeding cycle by not allowing larvae to pupate. Although by the following spring, in late March or early April, pupation and the emergence of adults will begin again.
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Adolf Hitler took an interest in Scotland during the second world war...
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Breeding Habits
Midges fly in great swarms for the purpose of mating. After mating, the female Non-Biting Midges deposit their eggs over water, on plants in the water or in wet soil nearby.
With the short lifespan of the midge, approximately one month in length, there may be as many as 5 generations produced over the summer. Of course, the number of generations is dependent upon temperature and moisture in a particular breeding area. Dengue Fever is a very serious mosquito-borne disease comprised of four different strains.
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Description
What are midges? Non-Biting Midges, commonly called simply “gnats,” are often mistaken for mosquitoes by their appearance. Like “buffalo gnats,” adults have a hump-shaped back and are usually black, gray, or brown in color. The larvae are considered an essential part of the food chain in ponds, streams and lakes.
The lifespan of gnats or midges is fairly short. Eggs, which are transparent in color, are laid in large groupings over water and hatch within 3 days. The emerging larvae are white, red, or green and look like small worms with a dark head. These larvae drop to the bottom to feed on algae and other tiny organic matter.
Approximately four weeks later, the larvae are ready to pupate. Once it begins pupating, it will take 48 hours for the midge to emerge as an adult. Adults will survive for 5 to 10 days with the sole activity of mating to produce eggs of the next generation.
These populous insects do not bite, but they can be an annoyance just by their sheer numbers in a location. Midges are nighttime fliers, usually appearing just after the sun disappears behind the horizon. These insects can produce a loud humming sound which can be heard fairly far away.
What are gnats attracted to? Non-biting midges, or gnats, are often drawn to lights and can be found swarming around outdoor lighting in the summer.
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Gnats Breeding Sites
In natural and man-made aquatic habitats, gnats are one of the most common and most abundant insects in nature. Gnats’ breeding sites include just about any body of water. Some examples of gnats’ breeding sites include natural lakes, sewage oxidation and settling ponds, residential lakes and ponds and slow moving shallow rivers. Nutrient rich bodies of water can contain densities of over 4,000 larvae per foot. During the summer months, it is not unusual for several thousand adults per square yard of surface to emerge on a nightly basis. These emerging gnats can cause severe nuisance and other economic problems.
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GEOGRAPHY
Where do gnats live? Midges, commonly referred to as gnats, are found in every continent of the world, even in the bitter cold Arctic and Antarctic regions. It appears the only limiting factor in their distribution is the presence of a body of water or wet soil.
Non-Biting Midges gather in large swarms near bodies of water, including streams, lakes and ponds. These midges are often found on the outside of houses as well as indoors. Those that are indoors will likely be found dead the next morning.
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Interesting Facts
Non-biting midges, or gnats, are often drawn to lights and can be swarming around outdoor lighting in the summer.
Do gnats bite? Non-biting midges or gnats do not possess the mouth parts that allow mosquitoes to bite a mammal and obtain some of its blood.
Certain species of non-biting midges can lay up to 10,000 eggs in an egg mass.
After hatching, larvae drop to the bottom of the body of water to feed on the algae and organic matter found there. This location makes it difficult to control non-biting midges, unlike mosquitoes whose larvae remains at the surface area of the pond, lake, etc.
The Non-Biting Midge is not considered to be a vector of disease, although it can be responsible for allergic afflictions.
Non-Biting Midges are in the same Order, Diptera, as Mosquitoes, although their families are different. Mosquitoes belong to the family Culicidae while Non-Biting Midges belong to the family Chironomidae.
In some places along the Mississippi River, non-biting midges have been known to attach themselves to houses and other buildings by the thousands, entirely enveloping the buildings.
Roads along lakes or rivers in some locations can be so fully swathed in non-biting midges that they become quite slick, occasionally leading to accidents.
On occasion, swarms of midges in the air have been so thick, they looked like clouds of smoke from afar.
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What is a biting midge
Midges are a type of tiny insect of the order Diptera and the suborder Nematocera. Midges are found in practically every environment on earth, except the permanent cold deserts of the poles and the permanent hot deserts of arid zones.
The Scottish midge belongs to a family of midges known as Ceratopogonidae – biting midges. Other members of this family are known as ‘no see ums’ in North America, and have been implicated as vectors for the spread of disease-causing pathogens in the tropics and elsewhere in the world.
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How Long Do Midges Live?
A swarm of midges
Midges mate and lay eggs during the summer months each year. The eggs are laid in boggy ground or ground vegetation and hatch into larvae. Egg hatch takes less than 24 hours.
This stage of the life cycle is followed by four larval stages. During larval stages, these creatures live as omnivores/ detritivores in the water films of the surface layers of the soil. The final larval stage then overwinters.
In late spring or early summer, (as day length and temperature increase) there is then a short pupal stage which takes 1-2 days. After this stage, the adult midge will emerge.
Non-biting males will sometimes emerge before the biting females. Sometimes, bivoltinism (a second generation within the midge season), and sometimes even a third generation, takes place. In this case, the generation period is recognised as around 6 weeks.
During the summer mating season, males will find a female with whom to mate and will then die off. The females will lay their first lot of eggs without needing a blood meal. They can then lay up to three further batches of eggs, depending of the weather and their survival, over the summer months, requiring a blood meal for each subsequent batch, before dying off as autumn weather arrives.
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Midge Bites
Midge bite on a woman's leg and feet
As mentioned above, female culcoides impunctatus need an abdomen full of blood in order to lay their eggs and perpetuate the species. It is the fact that they bite humans that has given these midges their fearsome reputation.
The female midge’s mouth parts – fine toothed mandibles and maxillae, work like two saws, cutting through the skin. The midge then excretes a saliva into the wound, which keeps the blood from coagulating, creating a pool of blood upon which to feed.
It is the physical way in which a midge bites that accounts for the notorious pain we experience when bitten by them. If left undisturbed, a female midge will remain there, feeding, for 3-4 minutes, taking an average of 2 µl of blood.
When we (or another mammal) is bitten by a midge, the body responds by releasing histamine at the site of the wound. This results in the characteristic itching and swelling of the bite. Some people will have a stronger immune response, and will get big red lumps at the site of bites, while other people will see only a small red mark at the bite site.
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Why Do Some People Get More Midge Bites than Others?
Those who have spent much time in the Scottish Highlands will already know that some people are more ‘attractive’ to midges than others. Some people can spend time around midges and get few bites, or none at all, while other people can be covered the second they step outside.
Lots of theories, from diet, to body type, to being a smoker or non-smoker, have been put forward to explain this phenomenon. In recent years, however, scientists have examined those who midges seem to avoid to see what they have that the rest of us do not.
It seems that it is a specific chemical hidden in body odour that midges seem to hate. This chemical has been identified as ketone. Some people have lots of this natural midge repellent, while others do not. This is believed to be hereditary, and scientists are working on isolating the gene. One day, this may lead to a pill which can turn everyone into a natural midge repeller.
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Midge Habitat
Macro of a Midge Pollinating a Wildflower
Culcoides impunctatus in Scotland are found in highest numbers in the Western Highlands. It is here that the ideal midge habitats are found. However, in smaller numbers, midges can be found across most of the country where areas of damp soil for breeding can be found.
Midges prefer to lay their eggs in damp, boggy ground, and acidic peat soils in particular. This is why they are found in the Western Highlands in such high numbers. Female midges tend to bite in close proximity to their breeding site, though they have been found as far an 1km away.
While midges get human blood when they can, the majority of the blood they feed on comes from cattle, sheep and deer, so they can often be found in largest number close to locations where such creatures can be found.
Midges are worse in sheltered glens than they are on peaks or exposed locations. Midges are far less common at elevations over 500m. Sheltered locations with high rainfall and high humidity tend to be where you will find the highest concentrations of biting midges.
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Midge Activity & Seasonality
A swarm of midges
While biting midges are abroad in Scotland between May and September, with some outliers hitting the skies in April and October, July and August are generally considered to be the time when midges in Scotland are at their worst, in the average year.
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When Are Midges Worst in Scotland (The Best Time to Avoid Them!
Astoundingly, during the height of summer, when midges are at their worst, these tiny creatures can be a true impediment to forestry, agriculture, and for all those spending time working outdoors.
The Forestry Authority have estimated that of the 65 working days each summer, as much as 20% can be lost due to midge attacks preventing workers from doing their jobs. The impact of midges on the tourist industry in financial terms is unknown, but it is clear that during peak season, midges do have an important role to play in driving people away from many of Scotland’s wild and beautiful locations. It is estimated that the Scottish tourist industry loses around £268 million each year because holidaymakers stay away during midge season. (Bad news for some, but good news, perhaps, for those who enjoy spending time in nature undisturbed by tourist hoards.)
The times to avoid (when midges are at their worst) can also depend on the weather conditions in a given year. A warm, damp spring can often see midge numbers rocket. Midges are also worse throughout the spring, summer and early autumn when the weather is humid and still. If summer is warm and wet, midges can still be bad later in the summer and into the early autumn, as subsequent generations arise. A late approach of autumn with warm, wet conditions into September can also prolong the midge season.
Interestingly, a harsh, cold winter has little or no effect on midge numbers the following season. In fact, when Scotland had a particularly cold and severe winter in 2010, scientists found that the following summer was actually a bumper year for midges. Midges in larval stage remained safe below the ground, but the cold weather killed off more of the midge’s natural predators such as bats and birds, and so midge numbers were higher.
You are far less likely to encounter severe midge problems if visiting Scotland when the weather is cloudless and dry. When the sun’s penetration through cloud drops below 260 W/m2, midges come out to play and when it drops below 130 W/m2, midges can reach problem levels.
Higher winds (midges cannot fly in winds over 7mph) can also help to keep midges at bay. A hot, dry June or early July can reduce the likelihood of subsequent midge generations.
If you are planning a camping holiday, or planning to otherwise spend time outdoors in Scotland’s midgier areas during the summer months, checking the weather forecast for the area you are visiting should help you to determine how bad the midges are likely to be.
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What Time of Day are Midges Most Active?
Another thing to bear in mind if you are visiting an area where you expect to encounter midges is that they are at their most active in the early morning, just before dawn, and in the evening, as light levels begin to fall. While midges do bite at any time of the day, you are less likely to be bitten if you are avoid spending time outdoors at the beginning and end of the day.
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The Midge Forecast
Visitors coming to Scotland during the summer months can also check the midge forecast, which will tell you how severe midges are likely to be on a given day in a particular location.
The Scottish Midge Forecast is created using data collected from biting midge traps and mini-weather stations across the country. The data collected is extended nationally using weather forecast data to give a big picture view of midge levels throughout the season.
On the midge forecast, on a map of Scotland, you will see coloured circles with numbers 1-5. These tell you what level midges are at in each part of the country. A level one means – ‘No flies on me’ – few midges, if any, will be detected. A level two means that a location is ‘mostly midge free’.
A level three, and midges can be bad enough that it is a good idea to take measures to ‘make yourself repellent’ or cover up, at a level four ‘That’s not mist, that’s midges!’ and at level five – midges are pretty much as bad as they get. If you’ve not experienced it – you don’t want to know!
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How To Get Rid of Midges
Midge repellent on grass
The question of how to get rid of midges is one on which scientists have been working hard. The answer depends in part on whether we are looking at the big picture, at the problem of midges in Scotland as a whole, or at the micro-level – how to get rid of midges (at least temporarily) on a small scale.
The question is a complex one, but one to which everyone who knows anything about outdoors life in Scotland things that have the answer.
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This should be moved to off-topic
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This should be moved to off-topic
Done.
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Symptoms of the Corona virus (covid-19) pandemic are similar in circumstances to 'LIME DESEASE'...
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This should be moved to off-topic
At least have the decency, to talk to me about this , because I would have moved this thread to 'off topic' myself. I know with 100% accuracy that this so called 'covid-19' pandemic (crisis) is linked to biological desease transmitted by a worldwide influx of 'biting gnats', 'chemtrails' (covert nighttime atmospheric pollution), and a project to 'reduce worldwide population' (the New World Order), by all governments throughout the world. You can't trust the current governments, they have got their agenda. They are all in it together, the Chinese, Russians, Americans, British, and so on, and so forth!
Does anybody know of any MP or government minister in the UK, or anywhere else for that matter, where a single one of them have taken a pay cut in the annual salaries?
If so, please, post a list of all the so named ones..
Wars, and terrorism were usually how populations were culled, we all could picture in our minds eye the images of these conflicts and atrocities. But what we are dealing with now is 'an invisible enemies', or 'foe'..
What we are dealing with now is 'bacterial warfare' on a so called 'global scale'.
'BATS' and 'GNAT' diseases..
Laugh all you want but our governments (not just the UK), have been infecting their own populations ever since around the end of the second world war! We have all been exposed to one or more of these experiments to see how effective it works, or can be treated. It's still happening now. The only difference between 'then', and 'now', is that in the beginning, countries worked individually on such projects, whereas today they (in general) all work together!
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With the ever increasing, world population rising, bear in mind, that the earth itself does not have sufficient resources, to sustain the various lifestyles of growing/increasing, population...
Many will become victims of this process, or policy
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The exercise involving this culling process, has been looked into, and overlap the annual flue epedemic that sweeps through the so called global empire (this is designed to give an impression that the Covid-19 virus and its year long plan to fool the general public, does not, is not effected by known about seasonal illnesses!
'Bat', and 'Gnat' ingestational deases do not occur throughout the calendar year. It is easy to see 'why' the type of 'bacterial warfare' which is being waged upon worldwide populations, because the influx of annual flu (syndrome), serves to mask, the 'threat' that our governments are trying to instill in our mindset, for example that this desease is not seasonally oriented, it can strike at any time of the year..
'NO', it doesn't and it can't...