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DETROIT (AP) - They're swarmy and stinky, and they're sticking around longer. Fish flies have invaded the shorelines of Lake St. Clair, the Detroit and St. Clair rivers, and points beyond. Known elsewhere as May flies, the bugs emerged from the rivers and lakes around June 1 and are expected to hang around for six weeks.
That's three weeks longer than they used to, local experts say. And you can thank cleaner water for their greater numbers and extended stay — and the corresponding coating on cars, buildings, sidewalks and streets near the waterfront.
"There's an unusually large hatch here today," Robert Haas told the Detroit Free Press for a story Tuesday. The fisheries research biologist with the state Department of Natural Resources was speaking from his office at the mouth of the Clinton River in Macomb County's Harrison Township.
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