Corn silk

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The Cornsilk.

"Maybe this is another joke, like the eyes of the potatoes," said Hal to his sister as they ran along.

"That wasn't a joke.

This LibriVox recording is in the public domain.

The Corn Silk.

"Maybe this is another joke, like the eyes of the potatoes," said Hal to his sister as they ran along.

"That wasn't a joke.

"There's something growing on this that's just like my doll's hair.

I'm gonna pull it off." "No, you mustn't do that," her father said.

"That is corn silk." "Oh, I know what it is," said Hal.

"It's brown stuff, and sometimes when you're eating corn, it gets stuck in your mouth and tickles you." "Corn silk isn't brown until it gets old and dried," said his father.

Definitely something you can learn to live with.

A little weirdsy we're hearing about from our colleagues is corn silk flies.

There are several species in this complex.

And while they are all considered tropical species, I have certainly seen corn silk flies up here in New Hampshire in untreated corn from time to time.

I definitely see the adults all the time.

They kind of look a little bit like hover flies to me.