Millions of tiny hovering bugs, little chironomids or midges, are performing a shameless mating ritual all over the city, filling our eyes, and mouths, and open drinks with their sex-fuelled bodies.

Midges -- also known as chironomids or lake flies -- are small, non-biting bugs that swarm collectively and, depending on your location, you may have already seen a lot of them lately.

So tiny they are barely visible — the little insects that have invaded Toronto this week are called midges. Hundreds of species of non-biting midges thrive in Canada alone, with an estimated ...

Participants of the bi-annual bug orgy everybody hates have descended upon Toronto once again in recent days to breed, multiply and fly into the mouths of unsuspecting cyclists.

A new study from the University of Saskatchewan is showing even trace amounts of a widely-used pesticide makes it difficult for flying insects to detect dangerous situations.

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