The Local Germany https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20130821/51529 Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:30:00 +0200 51529 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20110831/37281 Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:19:00 +0200 37281 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20100812/29127 Thu, 12 Aug 2010 17:46:00 +0200 29127 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20100705/28261 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:01:00 +0200 28261 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. https://www.thelocal.de/20090806/21087 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:19:00 +0200 21087