For more technical and scientific information on the mayfly, please visit the link below and search on hexagenia.
http://http://ohioseagrant.osu.edu/
This article is from the Great Lakes Echo. They deliver environmental news and information in the Great Lakes region. They're a project of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. They deliver environmental news in a way that fosters community interaction and understanding among U.S. and Canadian resident of the Great Lakes region.
Scientists: Mayflies may amplify oxygen and algae problems, but don’t blame the bugs
Here's a very good article by Mr. Ken Kreiger, Research Associate, Water Quality Laboratory, Heidelberg College, Tiffin Ohio.
Mayflies and Lake Erie
Also, while you're on the OSU Sea Grant page, check out the information on Stone Laboratory, located on Gibraltar Island which is right next to South Bass Island (Put-In-Bay). Tours are available and recommended. A great place to learn about Lake Erie. Did you
know, for example, that Lake Erie, which has less water than any of the
other Great Lakes, has more fish than the other four Great Lakes--COMBINED?
The mayfly is just part of the reason. Thanks to my former neighbor, Roger Long, for helping me with this info.
The Department of Entomology at Purdue University has their "Mayfly Central" web site. The program is a multidimensional research and education program dedicated to the pursuit and dissemination of knowledge about mayflies, or the insect order Ephemeroptera. Good for the person wanting serious species information cause there isn't any pictures on this site.
http://www.entm.purdue.edu/Entomology/research/mayfly/mayfly.html
Visit this blog on 'Fly Fishing In Yellowstone National Park.' - flyfishyellowstone.blogspot.com/
Fly Fishing Online - The Internet’s Fly Fishing Headquarters.
Middle Bass on the Web - Your Source for Island Information - www.middlebass.org/index.shtml
A quite humorous web site from England dedicated to abandoned and mistreated mayflies.
http://okkers.org/
While you're putting up with the mayflies, don't forget to relax with a glass of wine! Check out OhioWines.net for info and locations of great wineries along the lakeshore and all over Ohio.
As I come up with more information on our friendly little flyers, I'll post it here.
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