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<blockquote data-quote="inyati13" data-source="post: 1169458" data-attributes="member: 17767"><p>At the beginning of the horsefly season, I killed every horsefly I could by every means available. That was working well until this week. I noticed Monday that the horseflies had evolved into kamikaze horseflies. They would land on my cow and when you disturbed them, they would buzz off, fly to extreme altitude, and then dive down and crash themselves into the backs of my cows. I was startled by this new development. Wednesday at noon, I was headed to the local restaurant, The Ole Barn, to eat when I saw a dark object in the sky coming out of the north. At first, I thought it was Bez coming to drop a bomb on my farm. Then, I saw that it was a vicious formation of horseflies. They dived down and grabbed one of my calves. I fired a Ground to Air missile at them, they broke off and dropped the calf. The calf was not hurt. </p><p></p><p>Here is my theory: Just like good coyotes and bad coyotes. If you kill the good horseflies, that will open a niche that will be filled by the bad horseflies. The good horseflies are descendants of the horseflies that your cows gave blood to the season before. Thus, they are somewhat thankful and show that gratitude by not being too nasty. If you kill the native horseflies, bad horseflies that show no regard for your cattle will replace them. I don't know where they come from, but they come.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="inyati13, post: 1169458, member: 17767"] At the beginning of the horsefly season, I killed every horsefly I could by every means available. That was working well until this week. I noticed Monday that the horseflies had evolved into kamikaze horseflies. They would land on my cow and when you disturbed them, they would buzz off, fly to extreme altitude, and then dive down and crash themselves into the backs of my cows. I was startled by this new development. Wednesday at noon, I was headed to the local restaurant, The Ole Barn, to eat when I saw a dark object in the sky coming out of the north. At first, I thought it was Bez coming to drop a bomb on my farm. Then, I saw that it was a vicious formation of horseflies. They dived down and grabbed one of my calves. I fired a Ground to Air missile at them, they broke off and dropped the calf. The calf was not hurt. Here is my theory: Just like good coyotes and bad coyotes. If you kill the good horseflies, that will open a niche that will be filled by the bad horseflies. The good horseflies are descendants of the horseflies that your cows gave blood to the season before. Thus, they are somewhat thankful and show that gratitude by not being too nasty. If you kill the native horseflies, bad horseflies that show no regard for your cattle will replace them. I don't know where they come from, but they come. [/QUOTE]
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