April, May, and June Flies

This is a "Mayfly."

Mayflies are freaking disgusting an important part of the food chain.  They are called Mayflies because they typically come around every May and die off before June.  However, where Mr. Peaches and I lived, these stupid bugs showed up without an invitation in APRIL and refused to leave until the middle of June.  This is despite their lifespan, which depending on the specific species, lasts anywhere from 30 minutes to one day.

I discovered Mayflies after Mr. Peaches and I had already lived on the shores of a lake for nearly eight months.  Our first summer there, they began to take over all of the outer walls of our house, making me honestly think- for the first time in my life- we were nearing The End Times.  Our neighbors, natives to the city, had to talk me down from purchasing and consuming The Koran, Bible, Talmud, and all fortune cookies in a twenty-mile radius.  

This is the ceiling of our front porch.

We left the house- who knows why- after the neighbor explained that the bug infestation was a perfectly normal, annual part of life.  We only drove on the highway a few miles before we noticed huge black clouds of these teeny tiny bugs, swarming around.  The Wiki page reports that swarms have even been "recorded on doppler weather radar along the shores of Lake Erie."  Dopplar radar.  THE BUGS WERE SEEN ON WEATHER RADAR.

While it is true I was somewhat sad to leave our last apartment, one thing I was not sad to leave a few weeks ago was the Mayflies.  Although we only moved a few hours away, they cannot be seen in our new city.  Phew!