If you've gone out for a walk or run on the paths near Milwaukee's Lake Michigan beaches in the past few weeks, it was likely interrupted by swarms of tiny, black insects. Often mistaken for ...

While Michiganders dread the coming of mosquito and black fly seasons, midge and mayfly seasons are merely annoyances of spring — as the keepers of the White Shoal Lighthouse in Lake Michigan ...

TIME OF YEAR. BUT WE ALSO HAVE SPECIMENS FROM JUST THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE FROM 1910. NICK DOWDY, HEAD OF ZOOLOGY AT THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC MUSEUM, TELLS US THAT EVERY SPRING, AS TEMPERATURES RISE, MIDGES ...

Deer in West Michigan are dying in groups due to Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease, or EHD. The deer become infected when bitten by a midge fly. EHD is not uncommon and is not a concern, said Michigan ...

How come millions of midges are gathering at some of our favorite places to visit in Michigan? There is one simple answer that: Michigan has plenty of water. Right now there are swarms of midges ...

Drivers beware: Millions of midge flies are swarming the region, leaving a shroud of bug corpses stuck to car surfaces that can be difficult to clean off. Terry Plaisance experienced them recently on ...