Black flies and horse flies are bad flies. (House flies are bad, too, btw.) The black ones have now departed for future eons, and the horse flies, though still pesky, may be on their way into this year's history. AND, the good flies are here. Dragon flies (still in small numbers) are patrolling the shoreline, snapping up mosquitoes and other buggers. And, temporally advanced (though genetically doomed) shad flies, are just emerging. How do I know? A little one landed on me, and a number of gulls are imitating dragonflies, cruising the shore and snapping up morcels. The feast is coming soon.

It's hard not to like a shadfly (Mayfly), though I've never tasted one.