Florida has love bugs but the Mid-West has Mayflies and yes that is what is covering the car in the photo above!
😱OH MY!!!😱 The mayflies have returned along Lake Erie, and they're swarming anything in sight! https://t.co/Qpkg8X7wbt
— Tim Williams (@realtimwilliams) June 27, 2019
Photo Credit: WOIO pic.twitter.com/NM3E8y2hH0
Right now they are hatching and invading northeastern Ohio.
At one point Wednesday, a swarm was so thick, weather radar picked it up on the screen.
Radar loop from last night showing ascent and downwind drift of several billion Hexagenia #mayflies over the western basin of Lake Erie.
— Phil Stepanian (@RadarAndStuff) June 27, 2019
Yes. That is billion with a "b". pic.twitter.com/DcYxwGBRlA
The mayflies breed in Lake Erie, but it takes about two years to develop into an adult.
The adult bugs can vary in size from a quarter-inch to an inch long, but only live two days once on land.
Swarms, though, can last a month.
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