Justin McMechan, University of Nebraska crop protection and cropping systems specialist, wrote the following for the UN’s ...

Portage Marsh State Wildlife Area (Escanaba) Saturday, May 17 This will be a 1-mile walking tour along the Lake Michigan peninsula known to host more than 200 bird species. Expect to see ducks, ...

I really can’t recommend them enough if you want to spend a more bug-free, fun summer outdoors.

For instance, In Dundee, Michigan, the 24th annual Mayfly Music Festival will take place on June 20-21 at Wolverine Park. There will be music, fireworks food and (likely) mayflies. Here's how to ...

Only recently discovered, in 2017, soybean gall midge is a significant and fast-spreading new pest to Midwest growers. Significant yield reductions may occur, especially at the field edge where ...

Mayflies, also known as Canadian sailors, and midges, which are sometimes mistaken for mosquitoes, can form annoying swarms.

Midge season typically lasts from mid-May through September, peaking during hot and humid summer months. Mind the swarm. Midges, the tiny fly species commonly arriving in the late spring and early ...

What are midge flies? Midges are tiny, non-biting flies that emerge near water bodies, including Lake Michigan. They have one pair of long, narrow wings and often travel in swarms.

Every spring, adult midge flies emerge by the Milwaukee lakefront in giant swarms to mate, procreate and lay their eggs in Lake Michigan. Architecture as a recruiting tool: University of ...

Millions descended upon a Lake Michigan lighthouse this week. ... The massive swarming behavior of the midge fly can create a nuisance for humans," MSU Extension's Ron Kinnunen said in a 2015 article.

They’ve hatched in great numbers across the world, including in Madison and off Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. Vander Zanden said he grew up watching midge hatches off Lake Winnebago in northeast ...