bugs

Munich

Swarm of bugs drives family out of home

Hundreds of thousands of bugs have driven a Bavarian family out of their home, forcing them to sleep in a tent in their garden.

zoo

Heidelberg home has huge hornet nest

Around 1,000 Hornets have built a huge nest on the side of a house near Heidelberg – wowing bug experts and leaving the family bemused.

traffic

Mating mayflies pose Bavarian traffic hazard

Every summer it’s the same messy mating ritual: Millions of mayflies hatch, have sex and die in the Bavarian county of Schwandorf, endangering motorists with their slippery corpses left on roads.

weather

Insect experts see impending mosquito plague

The winter may have been long and cold this year in Germany, but that won’t stop a blood-thirsty plague of mosquitoes from hitting the country this summer, according to but experts.

Transport

Mucky mating mayflies block Bavarian bridge

Police were forced to close a bridge in the Bavarian town Schwandorf overnight to clean up millions of dead mayflies that created a dangerous slime after their yearly mating frenzy.