No, you’re not imagining those 10-foot-high insect clouds hovering near Lake Michigan, each teeming with thousands of mosquito look-alikes. Chicago, we’ve got midges. They don’t bite, they don’t harm ...

Biting midges are very tiny flies that are the bane of the gardener’s existence. There are over two dozen species in Mississippi. Active throughout most of the year, their populations peak twice a ...

It’s almost impossible to imagine a world without chocolate. Yet cacao trees, which are the source of chocolate, are vulnerable. I am a passionate chocolate lover and an entomologist who studies cacao ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- It’s midge season in Northeast Ohio, when each spring the small, plumed flies emerge to swarm on the shores of Lake Erie. Last year, Cleveland Metroparks naturalists spotted the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WICKLIFFE, Ohio (WJW) – It’s something we’ve ...

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - The midges are back. The small bugs have made their annual return to Northeast Ohio. They are usually most visible during the months of June and September for up to 10 days at a ...

Midges are rising up from Lake Michigan like squadrons of tiny fighter jets, annoying humans unlucky enough to pass through a cloud of the buzzing critters. Just don't call them mosquitoes, thank you ...