An international group of scientists selected the mayfly because of its unique life cycle. A fully developed mayfly has only a few days to fly, mate and lay eggs before it dies. Good morning. I'm Lulu ...

BILLINGS – If you’ve ever wondered about the water quality in a stream, river or lake you are fishing, just ask a mayfly. Mayflies are winged insects that spend the early stages of their life ...

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 ...

For some people spotting a megalyn mayfly buzzing around in mid air inside New York’s swanky Café Carlyle is an unwelcome disturbance. Especially when that mayfly is flitting around on stage while ...

Targeting bass during a mayfly hatch is a great way to generate big bites in the summer months. Starting in May and running through September, mayflies emerge all across North America. Usually ...

Over the course of the past week, residents surrounding the Upper Mississippi River Valley are being afflicted by massive swarms of mayflies of Old Testament proportions. The mayflies hatched all at ...

As summer nears, more outdoor activities will start. But if one of those activities is along the lake shore area or on Lake Erie within the next month, you want to be on the lookout for those infamous ...

Some 312 million years ago, a mayfly landed at the muddy edge of a puddle and then flew away. The mud of the tropical floodplain happened to be the perfect consistency to retain a detailed impression ...

The appropriately-named "mayfly" is making its appearance in waters across Alabama as the short-lived aquatic insects rise to the surface, spread their wings and make their one-day mating flights ...

Earlier this year I wrote about the annual emergence of Lake Flies in Wisconsin. But wait, there's more! More insects, that is. This week Wisconsin-ites were treated to a mayfly emergence. Just how ...

A tiny mayfly that died 100 million years ago, but was preserved for perpetuity in amber, is helping to shed light on ancient ecosystems. About 100 million years ago, a tiny mayfly had a problem. Like ...

I don’t know why I was worried, but I was. While preparing to lead a stream exploration, I was worried that it was too early in the season to find anything interesting in the stream. Worried despite ...