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Old January 25th 16, 04:33 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Winter musing - Poll on Bugs

On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 11:16:28 AM UTC-5, wrote:
On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 9:24:19 AM UTC-5, ND wrote:
On Saturday, January 23, 2016 at 6:10:52 PM UTC-5, Soartech wrote:
Recently NASA did a study on coatings for wings that was supposed to shed bugs. A Google search for a US map of flying insect density returns nothing useful.
Please post your experienced Bug density according to the following scale and what state this data is for. I will summarize the results in a map of the US if I get enough data.

0 - never saw a bug splat on my glider
1 - light, here and there splatters
2 - moderate, a few bugs per foot of wing
3 - heavy, lots of bugs per foot of wing
4 - very heavy, many bugs per inch of wing

You may also note if you have a bug problem only during short "buggy periods" but I am more intersted in what you feel is a season average for your area.
Thanks !


western new york, 2-3
central PA 2-3


Same with SE NY
UH


And same for NC in the warmer months.