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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 ...
Lateral close-up of a male C. vomitoria. Blue bottle flies are typically 10–14 mm (3 ⁄ 8 – 9 ⁄ 16 in) long, almost twice the size of a housefly. The head and thorax are dull gray, and the back of the head has long yellow-orange setae. [5] [6] The abdomen is bright metallic blue with black markings. Its body and legs are covered with ...
Scathophaga stercoraria, commonly known as the yellow dung fly or the golden dung fly, is one of the most familiar and abundant flies in many parts of the Northern Hemisphere. As its common name suggests, it is often found on the feces of large mammals , such as horses , cattle , sheep , deer , and wild boar , where it goes to breed. [ 1 ]
Amanita muscaria var. guessowii. Amanita chrysoblema yellow-orange variant, [citation needed] commonly known as the American yellow fly agaric, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita. It is one of several varieties of muscaroid fungi, all commonly known as fly agarics or fly amanitas.
Scepsidinae. Tabaninae. Horse-flies and deer flies[a] are true flies in the family Tabanidae in the insect order Diptera. The adults are often large and agile in flight. Only female horseflies bite land vertebrates, including humans, to obtain blood. They prefer to fly in sunlight, avoiding dark and shady areas, and are inactive at night.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, [5] is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, and usually red mushroom. Despite its easily distinguishable features, A. muscaria is a fungus with several known variations, or subspecies. These subspecies are slightly different, some ...
The common green bottle fly (Lucilia sericata) is a blowfly found in most areas of the world and is the most well-known of the numerous green bottle fly species. Its body is 10–14 mm (0.39–0.55 in) in length – slightly larger than a house fly – and has brilliant, metallic, blue-green or golden coloration with black markings.
The orange, yellow or pink tint Kansas Citians saw Tuesday happened in the afternoon, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says that’s when the sky is most likely to change.