{"id":8806,"date":"2026-08-20T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/the-mayfly-invasion-taking-over-wilkes-barre-pa\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T16:30:34","slug":"the-mayfly-invasion-taking-over-wilkes-barre-pa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/the-mayfly-invasion-taking-over-wilkes-barre-pa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mayfly Invasion Taking Over Wilkes-Barre, PA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nNv4xdR3ebA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Millions of mayflies just swarmed the streets of Wilkes-Barre, PA overnight \u2014 and by morning, the roads were covered in them. We break down why this happens every year, the wild science behind it, and why it&#8217;s actually a good sign for the river.<\/p>\n<p>0:00 The swarm hits Wilkes-Barre<br \/>\n1:00 Why mayflies only live 24 hours<br \/>\n2:00 Why streetlights trigger mass swarms<br \/>\n3:00 What this says about river health<br \/>\n4:00 Other PA towns that get hit too<\/p>\n<p>#Mayflies #WilkesBarre #Pennsylvania #NatureNews<\/p>\n<p>Want to create live streams like this? Check out StreamYard: https:\/\/streamyard.com\/pal\/d\/5759717953503232<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Millions of mayflies just swarmed the streets of Wilkes-Barre, PA overnight \u2014 and by morning, the roads were<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lisa-cabrera"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/hqdefault-226.jpg?fit=480%2C360&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blackhistoryinthebible.com\/community\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}