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[46] [47] Traver contributed to the 1935 work The Biology of Mayflies, [48] and has been called "the first Ephemeroptera specialist in North America". [49] As of 2012, over 3,000 species of mayfly in 42 families and over 400 genera are known worldwide, [50] [51] including about 630 species in North America. [52]
Hardy, 1940 [1] The lovebug (Plecia nearctica) is a species of march fly found in parts of Central America and the southeastern United States, especially along the Gulf Coast. [2] It is also known as the honeymoon fly or double-headed bug. During and after mating, matured pairs remain together, even in flight, for up to several days.
Hexagenia limbata. (Serville, 1829) [1] Hexagenia limbata, the giant mayfly, is a species of mayfly in the family Ephemeridae. It is native to North America where it is distributed widely near lakes and slow-moving rivers. [2] The larvae, known as nymphs, are aquatic and burrow in mud and the adult insects have brief lives.
All the mayflies die within about thirty minutes of emergence. [5] The eggs are about 1 mm (0.04 in) in diameter, among the largest of eggs laid by mayflies. The nymphs that hatch out of these burrow into the sediment on the bed of the river using their forelegs and head. Their usual habitat is fairly clean sand in an area with rapidly moving ...
Baetidae is a family of mayflies with about 1000 described species in 110 genera distributed worldwide. [1] These are among the smallest of mayflies, adults rarely exceeding 10 mm in length excluding the two long slender tails and sometimes much smaller, and members of the family are often referred to as small mayflies or small minnow mayflies.
Baetiscidae is a family of mayflies. It contains a single extant genus, Baetisca, native to North America with around 12 species. [1] [2] [3] [4] The family is noted ...
Over the past 100 years, the average July temperature in Phoenix has risen dramatically. In the 1920s, it ranged from 89.3 to 92.7 degrees; in the past decade, it sat between 94.7 and 102.7 degrees.
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 ...