Interesting to put an insect by this letter, the fact is the lake is infested because no one has done anything to fix of the last three years and 15 days.
The least you can do for the citizens of BELMAR is to call the Monmouth County mosquito Authority and have them spray.
Or are the mosquitoes now protected as endangered wildlife?
Fungus among us…
Fungus gnats swarm when the relative humidity reaches 90% or so … just like the mushrooms that appear on my lawn.
Its been a damp summer!
Anyone who has lived here for a while knows that insects have always been a fact of life at the shore. In the 60s the “Bug Trucks” drove around and fogged us all with DDT and god knows what else. I don’t think anyone wants to go back to that. There is a long term plan in the works for Silver Lake but that is not going to get rid of the bugs, although it will help bring the system back into balance.
The surroundings of our Silver Lake is disgusting. Go look at Lake Como and Spring Lake. You can walk to water’s edge, go fishing, sit on a bench and look at the swans. Silver Lake is overgrown, bug and rodent infested.
The bugs at the lake are called midge. They are similar to a mosquito but they do not bite. There larva develops in the mud at the bottom of ponds or lakes. So a simple solution would be to get a healthy supply of fish in the lake such as blue gill. You could add aeration to the bottom of the lake but that gets pricey. Just get native fish donated by the state. Boom done
How about you all join the environmental commission or show up at a council meeting and voice these concerns? The same handful of people speak during public session, I’m guessing none of you are one of them. How about being part of the solution instead of banging on about it? The midges have been there for years, this isn’t a new thing.
The only thing DOGE was successful at was causing chaos and putting a massive amount of people out of work. The government is no more efficient than it was in January 2025, and in case you haven’t noticed, the president and his cabinet are grifting billions and spending a fortune on a war no one asked for.
dumb letter and who gives a rat’s butt about some fly?
I agree. Raise taxes and then show us a person who works at a garden club? Please somebody appear who can spearhead a DOGE team in Belmar.
Josey Wales, you are after my heart
Show me a person who’s on all these things and then show me that this person is effective
Working on that Josey stay tuned
The Crane Fly is a pollinator.
Interesting to put an insect by this letter, the fact is the lake is infested because no one has done anything to fix of the last three years and 15 days.
The least you can do for the citizens of BELMAR is to call the Monmouth County mosquito Authority and have them spray.
Or are the mosquitoes now protected as endangered wildlife?
Fungus among us…
Fungus gnats swarm when the relative humidity reaches 90% or so … just like the mushrooms that appear on my lawn.
Its been a damp summer!
Stock the lake with fish and keep it clean.
Anyone who has lived here for a while knows that insects have always been a fact of life at the shore. In the 60s the “Bug Trucks” drove around and fogged us all with DDT and god knows what else. I don’t think anyone wants to go back to that. There is a long term plan in the works for Silver Lake but that is not going to get rid of the bugs, although it will help bring the system back into balance.
The surroundings of our Silver Lake is disgusting. Go look at Lake Como and Spring Lake. You can walk to water’s edge, go fishing, sit on a bench and look at the swans. Silver Lake is overgrown, bug and rodent infested.
The bugs at the lake are called midge. They are similar to a mosquito but they do not bite. There larva develops in the mud at the bottom of ponds or lakes. So a simple solution would be to get a healthy supply of fish in the lake such as blue gill. You could add aeration to the bottom of the lake but that gets pricey. Just get native fish donated by the state. Boom done
How about you all join the environmental commission or show up at a council meeting and voice these concerns? The same handful of people speak during public session, I’m guessing none of you are one of them. How about being part of the solution instead of banging on about it? The midges have been there for years, this isn’t a new thing.
The only thing DOGE was successful at was causing chaos and putting a massive amount of people out of work. The government is no more efficient than it was in January 2025, and in case you haven’t noticed, the president and his cabinet are grifting billions and spending a fortune on a war no one asked for.