The bugs showing up near the lakes in Madison in the last two weeks are midges, commonly known as lake flies. They don't bite ...

In an effort to deter the light-loving mayflies and keep roads safe, streetlights in select communities will be temporarily ...

Dr. Nick Seiter from the University of Illinois said their purpose is to mate to create more eggs for the next mayfly season - roughly in May of each year. Coming out in swarms - and in some cases ...

As communities along Lake Erie brace for the mass arrival of mayflies this summer, FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) is ...

There is a time when spring’s new leaves are just opened, the grasses are growing to their first tallness, violets — yellow and blue, cowslips, crowfoots, woodruff, false Solomon‘s seal are in bloom, ...

When ready to mate, adult mayflies swarm above the water, and males and females connect. Upon mating, females land on the water to quickly deposit their eggs, and spent males also fall to the ...

A withering rosebud, the brevity of blossom and the one-day wonder of the mayfly: Nature’s ephemeral beauty reminds us of our own finite existence, but melancholy transience also offers moments of ...

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Anglers mostly target deeper water during the late post-spawn. (Photo/Justin Brouillard) ...

When apple blossoms fall, then rare, medicinal golden seal blooms in the woods. When mayflies swarm by the water, spitbugs make their spittle shelters in the parsnips, and the first cut of hay is ...