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Male fishfly (Chauliodinae ssp). Fishflies are members of the subfamily Chauliodinae, belonging to the megalopteran family Corydalidae. [1] They are most easily distinguished from their closest relatives, dobsonflies, by the jaws (mandibles) and antennae. In contrast to the large jaws (especially in males) of dobsonflies, fishfly mandibles are ...
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 ...
The Au Sable River (/ ɔː ˈsɑːbəl / aw SAH-bəl) is a 138-mile-long (222 km) [2] river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. Rising in the Northern Lower Peninsula, the river flows in a generally southeasterly direction to its mouth at Lake Huron at the communities of Au Sable and Oscoda. It is considered one of the best ...
The family Corydalidae contains the megalopterous insects known as dobsonflies and fishflies. Making up about three dozen genera, [1] they occur primarily throughout North America, both temperate and tropical, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Africa (particularly South Africa) and Asia. They are sizeable Megaloptera, with a body usually ...
The Boardman River (/ bɔːrdmən / BORD-mən), also known as the Ottaway River (/ ɒtəweɪ / AH-tə-way) or the Boardman–Ottaway River, [1] is a 28.2-mile-long (45.4 km) [2] river in the northwestern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. It rises in western Kalkaska County, and flows west and north through Grand Traverse County to end in downtown ...
The Grand River (Ottawa: owashtanong, "Far-Flowing Water") [3][4] is a 252-mile-long (406 km) river in the Lower Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan. The longest river in Michigan, [5] the Grand River rises in Hillsdale County, and flows in a generally northwesterly direction to its mouth at Lake Michigan in the city of Grand Haven.
The body is soft and coloration varies from yellow to dark shades of brown. [3] The body typically does not surpass 7.5 cm (3.0 in) in length, [3] although the largest Asian Acanthacorydalis may reach 10.5 cm (4.1 in). [6] Adult males of many—but not all—species are easily recognized by their long, curving mandibles.
The Cass River is a 61.5-mile-long (99.0 km) [2] river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains large portions of Sanilac and Tuscola counties and smaller portions of Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, and Saginaw counties. It flows into the Shiawassee River in the Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge at 43°22′42″N 83°59′04″W ...