Worst Bug Encrustation Ever

**James Deuce** · 26th November 2004, 19:17

I went up to Tauranga to see my Grandfather a couple of weeks ago, and just north of Otaki went through about 20 kms of clouds of bugs. This is what it looked like when I got to Taihape.

I thought it was getting overcast!

**Antallica** · 26th November 2004, 19:21

Haha dude that's horrible! *invents biker wiper*

**Hitcher** · 26th November 2004, 19:59

Mrs H and I had a similar experience returning from Palmerston North in the dark Saturday week ago. The Zrex still needs a decent wash...

I remember as a student in the Manawatu in the late 70s getting the car well and truly plastered when driving at night. A combination of midges and moths. Worse in October/November when the porina (Wiseana
cervinata) and grass grub (Costelytra zealandica) beetles are flying.

**Uncle B** · 26th November 2004, 21:45

If you go for a long ride in the Wairarapa on a warm day at the right time you come back looking like that.

Yamahamaman · 26th November 2004, 23:01

Just imagine scraping the little critters off you face if you using a half helmet

**spudchucka** · 27th November 2004, 06:34

The worst one I've had was in the car, thankfully, it was a swarm of bees that failed to give way to the right. The entire windscreen was thick with goo.

**Jackrat** · 27th November 2004, 07:22

I hit a swarm of Locusts in OZ once.Had to stop an clean up afterward.
I think we have more flying bugs here though.
I hit a Huhu bug down by Matamata once,at lest I think it was a Huhu,it rattled my helmet and wiped out all vison with yellow goo.
Wearing an open face the little midges are the worse I reckon.

**erik** · 27th November 2004, 08:09

I had a big fly get inside my helmet when I was coming back up SH22 after the waikato rally2. I think it go inside through the middle vent under the visor. It was ok and I could see it crawling around on the visor centimetres from my face and I wasn't sure if it was a bee or not.
I'd hate to think what it'd be like riding through a swarm of bees, especially if they didn't all die when you hit them.

**Paul in NZ** · 27th November 2004, 08:23

Hmmm! I'll have to tell you about my time as a rural technician in canty and driving the Falcon through a swarming flock of sparrows. They kept perfect formation after and flew off with a big car shaped hole in the crowd.

Nasty

Needed the wipers on full

Like in star wars when you hit the hyper drive and all the stars go whoosh

**Drunken Monkey** · 27th November 2004, 08:53

It can happen quite often when you're driving/riding near the swamp/Meremere.

Still, I remember it being a lot worse in Oz. I don't think there was a time we ever went for a family drive into the wops the car didn't get covered in bugs....

**MOTOXXX** · 27th November 2004, 10:19

ya just have to keep out of the way of those bugs like off that 'v' energy drink advert when it goes through the windscreen of that car.

**inlinefour** · 27th November 2004, 17:41

I went to the local two buck shop recently and brought some glass cleaner wipes intended for cars and I originally got em for my Surf. Well untill I came home one evening and had shite all over my visor. They were built right for the job and can be chucked once done, even comes in a handy dispensor

**James Deuce** · 27th November 2004, 19:33

The picture was taken before I used my "Wee Willy" to clean my wisor. This post wasn't in any way a request for a solution to a "problem", merely an interesting (for me anyway) picture of a bug encrusted helmet.

I promise not to do ANYTHING like this again.