Baltimore County is stepping up its efforts to combat the unprecedented levels of midges around its waterfront areas.

Warmer weather has brought in new concerns about midges, ticks and much-distained spotted lanternflies. Here’s what to know about possible health hazards, environmental threats and impacts to… ...

Midges start to appear when the Lake Erie water temperature reaches around 60 degrees and can be found throughout summer. An individual's lifespan is usually a few days to a few weeks.

Soybean gall midge damage. Gall midge larvae feed on the lower stem and tissues at the base of the soybean plant, critically disrupting the flow of nutrients and water within the plant.

HAMPTON — Melissa Gale received a warm welcome from customers on Lulu’s first day at Hampton Beach —along with an unexpected greeting from the local midge population. Taking a break to enjoy ...

In summers long ago, when midges were active on humid summer evenings, or ants began to appear in large numbers, our elders told us rain way was surely on the way. And it invariably was ...

Much like the other gall, the female midge lays her eggs on young developing oak leaves shortly after the leaves emerge from the leaf buds and are just starting to flatten out. The larvae are tiny ...

ILOILO CITY – Around 600,000 larvae of tiger shrimps (Penaeus monodon), locally known as "sugpo," are currently stocked in two earthen ponds in Iloilo City. The shrimps ...

It's midge season in Ohio, and Cedar Point visitors are finding out the hard way what happens when the roller coaster sends you into a swarm of insects at 120 mph.. And it isn't pretty. Reddit ...

Over 95% of the U.S. general population has quantifiable serum levels of PFAS, with a mean of 2 to 5 parts per billion (ppb) for perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ...

Midges have crashed the party at the 2025 Osaka Expo. Chironomid midges, which closely resemble mosquitoes, have been found swarming in huge numbers across the site.

Oral myiasis, a rare parasitic infestation, occurs when fly larvae invade mouth tissues due to poor hygiene, wounds, or weakened immunity. Primarily found in tropical regions, it causes pain ...