Insect Update - Feb 1, 2014

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I think I need to make a correction to what we told so many people about the lack of insects in Cuenca. We told everyone that when we were here in December 2012 we only saw about three flies in the eleven days we were here. And that was all true. We spent all that time down in the town and especially in El Centro, where there is hardly any dirt or green space other than the parks.

But, now we are living in the country. We have cows walking past our home on a daily basis. There is a field diagonally across the street and many days you can find three or four cows grazing there. There are often geese in the field as well; there are sheep at the house at the end of our street; and horses go by occasionally. And now we have flies (a lot of flies) every day.

When we come to the States in April we are going to look for the old fashion fly catchers - you know, the kind that swirl down for a hook.

No pictures today - just an update.

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