Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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 ...

If you've spent some time on the Milwaukee lakefront recently, you've likely found yourself waving off swarms of tiny flies. Every spring, clouds of midge flies, or lake flies, take over the lakefront ...

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 ...

The non-biting flies are a nuisance to humans but serve as a food source for fish and birds. Midge flies are most active in April and May. The White Shoal Lighthouse, known for its candy-cane stripes, ...