A towboat crew on the Tennessee River captured a strangely satisfying moment as they washed away hundreds of mayflies following a seasonal hatch. The video, posted on TikTok by towboatdad7, shows the ...

While mayflies may be an annoyance for some, scientists say their emergence is actually a positive sign.

Mayflies are aquatic insects with short adult lifespans, often only a few days for males and possibly minutes for some females. Emerging in early summer when water temperatures reach 68 degrees, ...

Scientists have managed to find a rare insect after it supposedly went extinct more than two decades ago. The Behningia baei, a species of mayfly that hasn't been seen since 2002, were rediscovered in ...

Mayflies by the millions are invading Ohio and swarming Lake Erie communities. Check out the video from Put-in-Bay.

On a recent Saturday in June, Lorain residents and businesses located half a mile from Lake Erie, were covered with the biggest amount of large-winged mayflies. While the invasion of the harmless ...

Various insects and even spiders have evolved to resemble ladybugs in size, shape, and coloration. Some, like Asian lady beetles and tortoise beetles, share similar body forms but differ in behavior ...

Mayflies are ancient insects that possess a unique life stage not found in other winged insects: Their fully-grown nymphs develop into a winged subadult stage, the so-called subimago, which is not yet ...

A new study on mayflies of the genus Ecdyonurus illustrates just how multifaceted and surprising reproductive behavior in nature can be. Entomologists at the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart ...