If you’re exerting yourself at all, you pretty much have to mouth breathe. The way I avoid gobbling up any flying insects is to keep my head down while breathing in. It’s surprisingly effective.
Slightly related, my son once had a bee go up his nose while we were out cycling. I say only slightly related because he wasn’t actually going that fast; he was only about 8. He stopped suddenly, complaining about something going up his nose. Neither of us realised what had actually happened until he coughed up a still-squirming bee in a pool of phlegm.
I once accidentally ate a June bug while on my bicycle.
Im wondering how often this sort of thing happens to animals who move fast.
I also now never mouth breathe on my bike. Regardless if I’m winded or not. No more June bugs for me, thanks.
If you’re exerting yourself at all, you pretty much have to mouth breathe. The way I avoid gobbling up any flying insects is to keep my head down while breathing in. It’s surprisingly effective.
Slightly related, my son once had a bee go up his nose while we were out cycling. I say only slightly related because he wasn’t actually going that fast; he was only about 8. He stopped suddenly, complaining about something going up his nose. Neither of us realised what had actually happened until he coughed up a still-squirming bee in a pool of phlegm.
That’s a nasty story but thanks for sharing. Glad he didn’t get stung in the sinuses. I can’t imagine how much that would have hurt.
Hopefully our stories help people understand the risk of bugs when biking.
Yeah if I get super winded I do like a very small mouth opening. But mostly try to keep that closed.
I also, luckily, wear big glasses and have had quite a few bugs smack against them.
I don’t know what the solution is since wearing a face shield is super hot and can fog up.
Like, you actually ATE the june bug?! Daaamn!!! Yuuuuuck!
It just came in and right to the back and reflex kicked in and down it went.
This happened when I was a teenager and the horror of it all still haunts me to this day.