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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 ...
Acianthus caudatus, commonly known as mayfly orchid, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a terrestrial herb with a single egg-shaped or heart-shaped leaf and up to nine dark purplish flowers with thin, spreading sepals and petals , often with a musty odour.
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.
See text. Two lake flies observed in Neenah, Wisconsin, after the yearly hatch in Lake Winnebago. The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae.
Tomah mayfly nymphs and sub-adults feed predaceously on other invertebrates in the floodplains, which is unusual as other species of mayflies feed on dead plant material. [4] Siphlonisca is a monotypic genus, meaning Siphlonisca aerodromia is the only species within this genus. [7] The species is univoltine, meaning one generation is produced ...
A patient at a mental institution does a role reversal by imprisoning the doctors. At Norton Sanatorium, patient Sarah Sanders (Kay) entertains Dr. Howard Fenwick (Milland) with her past life in entertainment when attendant Andrew (Leeds) mentions the arrival of Howard's wife Ruth (LaRoche), who is surprised at the role that patient Howard is playing at the institution.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings.
Trout. Blue-winged Olive flies is a collective term used by anglers in fly fishing to identify a broad array of mayflies having olive, olive-brown bodies and bluish wings in their adult form. Sometimes referred to as BWO, a wide array of artificial flies are tied to imitate adult, nymphal and emerging stages of the aquatic insect.