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See text. Mayflies(also known as shadfliesor fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region,[2]and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insectsbelonging to the orderEphemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which ...
Ephemerellidae are known as the spiny crawler mayflies. They are a family of the order Ephemeroptera. There are eight genera consisting of a total 90 species (Merritt & Cummins). They are distributed throughout North America as well as the UK. Their habitat is lotic-erosional, they are found in all sizes of flowing streams on different types of ...
The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1,400 species. Fairyflies are very tiny insects, like most chalcidoid wasps, mostly ranging from 0.5 to 1.0 mm (0.020 to 0.039 in) long.
Hoverflies, also called flower flies or syrphids, make up the insect family Syrphidae. As their common name suggests, they are often seen hovering or nectaring at flowers; the adults of many species feed mainly on nectar and pollen, while the larvae (maggots) eat a wide range of foods. In some species, the larvae are saprotrophs, eating ...
Tsetse next develops a hard external case, the puparium, and become pupae - small, hard-shelled oblongs with two distinctively small, dark lobes at the tail (breathing) end. Tsetse pupae are under 1 centimetre (1 ⁄ 2 in) long. [5] Within the puparial shell, tsetse complete the last two larval instars and the pupal stage.
The fly Megaselia scalaris (often called the laboratory fly) is a member of the order Diptera and the family Phoridae, and it is widely distributed in warm regions of the world. The family members are commonly known as the "humpbacked fly", the "coffin fly", and the "scuttle fly". [2] The name "scuttle fly" derives from the jerky, short bursts ...
A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. This trait has appeared by evolution many times, without any single common ancestor. Flight has evolved at least four times in separate animals: insects, pterosaurs, birds, and bats. Gliding has evolved on many more occasions.
As it progresses, a small top portion of the moon will enter the Earth’s full shadow (umbra), beginning at 10:13 p.m. ET, peaking at 10:44 p.m. ET, and ending 11:16 p.m. ET.