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How cold does it need to get to eliminate those EHD midge bugs? My weather forecast shows 31 degrees, light wind, and clear.
 
Likely it will need to get a little colder than 30-31. I heard a pest control guy say that bugs that hang around water like midges will lay their last round of eggs in leaf litter, the moist conditions will stay slightly warmer than the air temperature and keep them alive through a light frost. Last year, a friend of mine was hunting a buck that died of EHD sometime around October 24th...
 
CottonwoodCanyon said:
Likely it will need to get a little colder than 30-31. I heard a pest control guy say that bugs that hang around water like midges will lay their last round of eggs in leaf litter, the moist conditions will stay slightly warmer than the air temperature and keep them alive through a light frost. Last year, a friend of mine was hunting a buck that died of EHD sometime around October 24th...
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Sounds like y’all need to do a control burn across the entire southern Iowa region. Kill all of the nasties in the leaf litter
 
CottonwoodCanyon said:
Likely it will need to get a little colder than 30-31. I heard a pest control guy say that bugs that hang around water like midges will lay their last round of eggs in leaf litter, the moist conditions will stay slightly warmer than the air temperature and keep them alive through a light frost. Last year, a friend of mine was hunting a buck that died of EHD sometime around October 24th...
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I daw a podcast/video that stated EHD infected bucks can die as late as January/Feb/March . I can’t remember where I saw that , but I’m sure some landowners on here have seen it happen .
 
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