Mayfly Madness | Wild Mississippi

The life and times of the mayfly on the Mississippi — all twenty-four hours of it.

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[pedrothealien]

All the mayflies in this video died...

[XxGRYWFxX]

I think I heard this background music in one of my nightmares.

[robarmstrong]

why does this guy sound like hes narrating reality TV? please dont let NatGeo become Deadliest Catch

[macaroniooo]

1:45 how big is this mayfly? It looks huge

[zgrillo]

love to get these in my area. that means FISHING TIME =D

[rlcwege]

I used to live in Ohio where there were TONS of mayflies. The only reason there were so many of them is because I lived very close to a lake. I'm surprised a lot of people have never heard of mayflies, or as I like to call them, junebugs

[Patrick.Weightman]

The fact that they molt despite only living for 24 hours total is arguably the most absurd part about it

[deonterobinson]

oh calm down everyone, they're harmless. like every other creepy crawly, they are simply minding their own business.

[dejamonet]

They look like little fairies when flying 😩

[MattMangels]

I saw a bunch of these things in Davenport, Iowa.

[YoshiIsHitokiri]

They looked like bats when they flew really fast past the camera

[articounias]

Oh my fucking god they flap all around you, that's so nasty and scary for someone with phobias

[chadpulliam]

How many hatchings could one expect per year?  Curious because ours start typically Fathers Day Weekend and hatch about 10 times until around the mid to end of August on Wilson Lake AL (TN River)

[bbbbbahar]

Why dont they call the mayfly a dayfly

[robertandersson]

is there any longer versions of this or this kind of films ?

[Meme-B]

Something similar to this is currently happening in Las Vegas

[jeffreyjames]

No mayflies were harmed making this video.

[OCrow]

The flies and the way they were swarming looked like Hexagenia Limbata. So my best guess would be somewhere up in the midwest. Maybe Michigan if I had to take a guess.

[MikeViLLaZ]

the eggs look the hard oil seeds you find on your skin   and you have to  pinch it out

[benbutler]

i live on a river in iowa. the worst part is after they die, they stink up the streets and you slip and slide around on your bike in the dead bugs. smells like death for a couple weeks after.