Mayflies don't bite and adults only live for a day, but you don't want to get stuck in a swarm. Here's what to know about the mayfly insect.

If you live near certain bodies of water, then you know it’s that time of the year when you need to make sure all your lights ...

Danish Mayfly Is Named 2021 Insect Of The Year An international group of scientists selected the mayfly because of its unique life cycle. A fully developed mayfly has only a few days to fly, mate ...

Mayfly numbers drop by half since 2012, threatening food chain. ... “This research adds to the growing list of studies that show substantial declines in insect populations,” he says. Related ...

The Danish mayfly, an ancient, penny-sized winged creature that flies for just a few days before its life flickers out, has received the 2021 Insect of the Year honor, a European zoological society… ...

BERLIN >> The Danish Mayfly was selected today by an international group of entomologists and others as the Insect of the Year for 2021, but it won’t have long to celebrate its 15 minutes of fame.

The insect is sitting at the feet of the Virgin Mary. Advertisement Today, more than 3,700 species live worldwide in freshwater creeks, rivers, ponds and lakes.

In western Lake Erie, mayfly populations dropped to essentially zero between 1959 and 1961, and remained extremely low until 1993, according to information from Ohio Sea Grant.