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yellow Mayfly perching on my bracelet while we were camping.
Pretty wings.
It's my understanding they live less than a day once they emerge from the water.
Pretty wings.
It's my understanding they live less than a day once they emerge from the water.
Image size
1877x1318px 1.19 MB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-TZ1
Shutter Speed
10/5000 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
80
Date Taken
Jul 29, 2008, 1:44:40 PM
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It might be sub-imago. I'm not expert on mayflies, so I'm not sure... It's body looks a bit fat, so there might still be water in it's bowel.
And you said it was easy to catch, sub-imagos are clumsier fliers then imagos.
Mayflies have a sub-imago form unique to present day insects, where they molt after getting wings.
Larva (lives in the water) -> sub-imago (wings, water in the bowel)-> imago (adult)
I am not sure why they have this form, exactly, or if it's something left from it's ancestors that had different kind of metamorphosis. Anyway, mayflies give some insight to the process of the evolution of metamorphosis.
I think they can live few weeks after final molt, but after becoming sexually mature and mating they die. Adults can't feed, so after passing on their genes, their life has no meaning.
And you said it was easy to catch, sub-imagos are clumsier fliers then imagos.
Mayflies have a sub-imago form unique to present day insects, where they molt after getting wings.
Larva (lives in the water) -> sub-imago (wings, water in the bowel)-> imago (adult)
I am not sure why they have this form, exactly, or if it's something left from it's ancestors that had different kind of metamorphosis. Anyway, mayflies give some insight to the process of the evolution of metamorphosis.
I think they can live few weeks after final molt, but after becoming sexually mature and mating they die. Adults can't feed, so after passing on their genes, their life has no meaning.