TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico ...

As midges swarm in Baltimore County's waterfront areas, the county’s environmental protection and sustainability department is expanding the helicopter treatment area in Back River.

Midges return annually to 'bug' beachgoers Midges are part of the same fly family as mosquitoes and gnats, according to Vinchesi-Vahl. While beach business owners like McGuirk say the midges come ...

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.

ELK RIVER, Minn. — Midge flies have taken over the Elk River Wastewater Treatment Plant. “They’re in our vehicles, they’re in our equipment, they’re in our air handling system,” said ...

Midges, the tiny fly species commonly arriving in the late spring and early summer, have emerged in Northeast Ohio. The insects spend most of their lives underwater before hatching when water ...

CLEVELAND — No, that’s not a plume of smoke rising from Lake Erie to signify the selection of the new Pope, that’s just a big cloud of bugs indicating that it’s officially midge season in ...

Contrary to common belief, midges are not mosquitoes or mayflies, according to the UW-Madison Center for Limnology. Why are there so many midge flies by Lake Michigan in the spring?

During the spring, mature midges emerge from the lake; males form swarms and females fly in to reproduce. Females return to the lake and lay their eggs on the water's surface.

Midge swarms typically only last for a few weeks at most, but if you're sick of swatting them away, here are some repellants and avoidance tactics: Garlic. It's common folklore that midges hate ...

Midges—also known as chironomids or lake flies—are small, non-biting bugs that swarm collectively, and, depending on your location, you may have already seen a lot of them lately.