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The mayfly has come to symbolise the transitoriness and brevity of life. [74] The English poet George Crabbe , known to have been interested in insects, [ 75 ] compared the brief life of a newspaper with that of mayflies, both being known as "Ephemera", [ 76 ] things that live for a day: [ 77 ]
Dolania is a monotypic genus of mayfly in the family Behningiidae containing the single species Dolania americana, also known as the American sand-burrowing mayfly. [3] It is found in the southeastern United States, as far south as Florida, and is generally uncommon. [ 4 ]
Caenis amica is a species of mayfly in the genus Caenis. As with most mayflies, it has an average adult lifespan of only a few days and lives near rivers in the Americas. As with most mayflies, it has an average adult lifespan of only a few days and lives near rivers in the Americas.
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 vulgata is a species of mayfly in the genus Ephemera. This mayfly breeds in stationary water in slow rivers and in ponds, the nymphs developing in the mud ...
Palingenia longicauda is an aquatic insect in the order Ephemeroptera.It is known as the Tisa or Tisza mayfly after the European Tisza river where it is found and also as the long-tailed mayfly and giant mayfly since it is the largest mayfly species in Europe, measuring 12 cm (4.7 in) from head to tail.
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 (), is the most commonly seen of British Ephemeridae.
This mayfly may have a shorter life cycle than other members of its genus. In the laboratory when kept at a warm temperature it has been reared from egg to adulthood in thirteen weeks, [ 3 ] but in the Keokuk area there is believed to be a single generation per year, [ 2 ] whereas in Kentucky Lake there is mixed voltinism , with some adults ...