The Great Lakes region's annual mayfly hatch, when the aquatic insects emerge in their winged form to mate, usually happens in late June to early July. The mayflies have such a short life span in ...

Like it or not, mayflies are just a part of living along the lake. WTOL 11 took a trip to Point Place to see how things are going at a popular place for the not-so-popular bugs. If you take a trip ...

Mayflies have been hatching along the Susquehanna River, and the lights on the Route 462 bridge have been shut off for more than a month now to help keep their carcasses off the structure. Several ...

It’s summer, and that means it’s mayfly season in Columbia and Wrightsville. Since 2015, hordes of hexagenia bilineata mayflies attracted to the lights atop the Veterans Memorial Bridge, which ...

A single mayfly is a delicate creature—with its long, slender body, translucent wings, and two or three thread-like tails. But in the summertime, hordes of mayflies emerge from lakes and rivers to ...

Communities along the Great Lakes are preparing for the annual mayfly season, but water temperatures may not be warm enough quite yet for the fishflies to produce massive swarms. "The timing of mayfly ...