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Mayflies are distributed all over the world in clean freshwater habitats, [35] though absent from Antarctica. [36] They tend to be absent from oceanic islands or represented by one or two species that have dispersed from nearby mainland. Female mayflies may be dispersed by wind, and eggs may be transferred by adhesion to the legs of waterbirds ...
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.
27 December. (2022-12-27) –. 28 December 2022. (2022-12-28) Mayflies is a two-part British television drama series starring Martin Compston and Tony Curran, adapted by Andrea Gibb from Andrew O'Hagan 's 2020 novel of the same name, and directed by Peter Mackie Burns.
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A tau emerald (Hemicordulia tau) dragonfly has flight muscles attached directly to its wings. Insects are the only group of invertebrates that have evolved wings and flight. Insects first flew in the Carboniferous, some 300 to 350 million years ago, making them the first animals to evolve flight.
The Heptageniidae (synonym: Ecdyonuridae) are a family of mayflies with over 500 described species mainly distributed in the Holarctic, Oriental, and Afrotropical regions, and also present in the Central American Tropics and extreme northern South America. [1] The group is sometimes referred to as flat-headed mayflies or stream mayflies.
The caddisflies, or order Trichoptera, are a group of insects with aquatic larvae and terrestrial adults. There are approximately 14,500 described species, most of which can be divided into the suborders Integripalpia and Annulipalpia on the basis of the adult mouthparts. Integripalpian larvae construct a portable casing to protect themselves ...
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.