YOUR TEN-SECOND SPLAT GUIDE

You might think you’re out for a summer ride. In fact, you’re headbutting an airborne plankton soup. Ever wondered what’s on your visor? Little, dry, black ones: Midges, swatted while doing their mid-air breeding dance Dull red splats: Small flies which have been sucking someone’s or something’s blood Small green splats: Flies which eat some sort of vegetation Big yellow or cream splats: Moths. The pale hue is their soft innards