When Bugs Take Over, The Mayflies Are Back!
A picture is making the rounds on the web of a car completely covered in may flies. While we have had our share of problems with the little bugs here in Michigan, we all agreed on the show, we have never seen anything like this.
The bugs were so dense in some areas, they were captured on Dopler weather satellites.
Not rain... but MAYFLIES on the radar tonight out near the islands! pic.twitter.com/eZAGqJBTYz
— Jason Nicholas (@JasonNweather) June 27, 2019
They won’t be around for long, though. Individual mayflies live up to two days once they come on land. The swarms typically last about a month.
Residents may find them annoying, but the mayfly swarm is an indication of good water health in the Great Lakes, according to Ohio Sea Grant .
“Scientists agree that the inconveniences caused by swarms of mayflies during about a month each summer are more than offset by the potential benefits to the sport and commercial fisheries of the western basin of Lake Erie and parts of the other Great Lakes,” the program says.
A couple of days ago here in Michigan, Channel 7 WXYZ did a report a couple days ago about the invasion along Lake St. Clair.
