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Mayflies. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ephemeroptera. Articles relating to Mayflies (order Ephemeroptera), aquatic insects. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. Over 3,000 species of mayfly are known worldwide, grouped into over 400 genera in 42 ...
"Mayfly" was the crew's nickname for His Majesty's Airship No. 1, an aerial scout airship built by Vickers but wrecked by strong winds in 1911 before her trial flights. [ 95 ] Two vessels of the Royal Navy were named HMS Mayfly : a torpedo boat launched in January 1907, [ 96 ] and a Fly -class river gunboat constructed in sections at Yarrow in ...
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 ...
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.
Ephemera danica can reach an imago size of 15–20 mm (0.6–0.8 in) in males, while females are larger, reaching 16–25 mm (0.6–1.0 in). This mayfly, with its characteristic markings and three tails ( Cerci ), is the most commonly seen of British Ephemeridae. Imago wings are translucent with dark veining, while in subimago they are dull and ...
About 48 species occur in Europe including: [6] Baetis alpinus (Pictet, 1843) Baetis atrebatinus Eaton, 1870; Baetis bicaudatus Dodds, 1923; Baetis buceratus Eaton, 1870; Baetis cypronyx Godunko, Soldán & Staniczek, 2017; Baetis fuscatus (Linnaeus, 1761) - type species (as Ephemera fuscata Linnaeus, 1761) [7] Baetis muticus (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
Needham, 1909. Siphlonisca aerodromia, commonly known as the Tomah mayfly, is an extremely rare species and has only been documented less than 100 times. It was once thought to only known to occur in New York and Northern Maine, but has been since found more recently in eastern Canada as well. The Tomah mayfly is an endangered species and is ...