Not to beat a dead horse, but checking a book for trout fly patterns, specifically ants, I found a Diving Wasp, which could, if it chose to enter, become the hands down winner of the "Ant Look Alike Contest".
-- I observed them at eye level among the flying ants on our float. They were slightly larger than the ants and did, indeed, look like very tiny wasps. I suspect the Nuptial flights that we have all been observing are a mix of ants and Diving Wasps.
Diving Wasps are "aquatic"(kinda), diving below the surface to lay their eggs in the larvae of other underwater creatures, which become their hosts.
I suspect the welt raised on Joanne's arm was from a Diving Wasp rather than an ant, but I am not putting money on it either.
My last transmission on the subject!
rob speirs cumberland, me
PS Full Disclosure - I am not an Etomologist
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