Fish flies: Good guys that get a bad rap - FOX 35 News Orlando
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Mayfly  (Credit: WJBK | Mayfly (Credit: WJBK |  Downtown Mount
Clemens and even further inland this season as far as Sterling
Heights, wind patterns have carried some fish flies where not
fish fly has gone before, or at least it seems that way.  Before
we go any further this correction.  You call them fish flies,
but Metroparks naturalist Nick Di Cresce explained they are
actually mayflies.  He said these critters that some call creepy
are misunderstood.  The reason the mayflies come out?  Love is
in the air.  "When they come out of the water, it's basically
all about making babies," Di Cresce told us.  "They don't eat. 
They're basically just up here mating."  So, even though these
mayflies may be bugging you during the month of June,
naturalists at the Metroparks say they're actually good news. 
They're indicators of a good environment.  "These guys are a
great indicator of fresh water,