Swarms of lake flies have taken over parts of popular weekend retreats around Alberta’s Pigeon Lake.
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Posted: May 30, 2021 10:29 AM MT | Last Updated: May 30
Non-biting midges have amassed in huge numbers around Alberta's Pigeon Lake.(Submitted by Janet Sperling)
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In Alberta's Pigeon Lake, cabins and cars are blanketed in quivering clumps. 
The midges have taken over in swarms of almost biblical proportions and unlike anything some longtime residents say they've ever seen. 
"You can't even go outside," said Allan Eliasson, who said the non-biting midges are the largest seasonal swarms he has seen in his two decades living near the central Alberta hamlet of Mulhurst.

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