Is the excess flooding in Southern Indiana causing an increase in Insect populations?

Question

It is hard to even walk outside.

Answer 1

There are a lot of insects that rely on aquatic environments to develop as larvae, and these species tend to explode in numbers during periods of flooding.

Many varieties of fly larvae are able to go from egg stage through to adult in as little as a week if the temperatures are warm enough - and if flood waters remain in the area, their populations can quickly boom to take advantage of the temporary conditions in habitats that aren't permanent enough to support dragonflies, fish and other predators.

So it can result in huge numbers of critters like midges, gnats, and of course mosquitoes.

I suspect that might be part of the reason why you're seeing so many bugs.