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Better safe than sorry: the bizarre sex life of mayflies
A new study on #mayflies illustrates just how multifaceted and surprising reproductive behavior in nature can be.
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Maccaffertium modestum (Flat-headed Mayfly)
I am Maccaffertium modestum. Forgive me, I am but a modest Flat-headed Mayfly. I have spent these many months clinging to a rock in fast flowing water, and have just emerged for a fleeting moment to mate and die. I am off to join the mating swarm
#NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #Bugs #Mayflies #Nature
I was just thinking about Jesse Jackson this morning. Caught the bus before my usual, around 6 AM, & it was even more full than the later one. Everybody going to work. They catch the early bus.
RIP man, too soon, too soon. #mayflies
Evening has so much more weight when you only get one shot at it... love this, Rachel and big cheer for the #mayflies!
…and safely back to invertebrates for #PoemsAbout #Mouths 😊
Thanks @alanparrywriter.co.uk @thebrokenspine.co.uk for the prompt. Happy Friday!
#poetry #mayflies #ephemera
nooooo Catherine O'Hara gdi #mayflies
IN MY #HEAD #ALBUM
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#MAYFLIES TV #SERIES
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#NEW #JUNK #AESTHETIC
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Six new species of mayflies were discovered. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#taxonomy #newspecies #mayflies
A taxonomic study of mayflies of the Fiji Islands, with descriptions for one subgenus and ten new species: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#taxonomy #mayflies #newspecies
The morphology, phylogeny, and taxonomy of five mayfly species in the genus Cloeon in lentic habitats of Thailand were studied: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#DNAbarcoding #mayflies #taxonomy
This is going to just keep happening, isn't it. RIP Joe Ely, damn. #mayflies
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A photo of a brown and tan Mayfly from the side. The mayfly's body is arched, the abdomen pressed to the surface it rests on, the head held high above. The head is dark brown and mostly eyes, the wings are transparent, and the rest of the body is brown and tan.
A close up of the head of the mayfly showing the three kinds of eyes. The tiny glossy ocelli are at the front of the head. The compound eyes which are mottled gray with a brown stripe through. Above those are large dome shabed brown turbinate eyes.
A short #insect thread
One of this year's joys was learning about the weirdness that are #Mayflies eyes. Some male mayflies have "turbinate" eyes or basically a third type of eye that look like hats above their other eyes that look upwards.
EYES THAT ARE HATS.
A mayfly in family Baetidae.
Damn. #mayflies
Nine mayfly species are described as new to science. Learn more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zook...
#taxonomy #mayflies #newspecies
Okay, so mayflies are tricky! I think the first photo (same as in my video) shows a female Pale watery (Baetis fuscatus), the next two with the yellow 'eyes' are male Pale watery mayflies, & the third might be a male Small dark olive (Baetis scambus). Happy to be corrected! #mayflies
Six new mayfly species, decades of expertise. Dave Funk shares his story in this month’s "UpStream Newsletter." Watch now: stroudcenter.org/news/six-new-species-mayfly
#Mayflies #Entomology
The air over the garden thick with #mayflies this morning: Cloeon (probably C. dipterum) aka Pond Olive
#mayfliesmatter
Small, black mayfly on the side of a house. New Hampshire, July 2025
Paraleptophlebia is a genus of mayflies that include 57 different species. They live in North America, Great Britain and parts of Western Europe. They're much smaller than giant mayflies, but like all mayflies, spend most of their lives in water. #insects #mayflies #365species #biodiversity
A Mayfly hangs upside down from a grass seedhead with its legs holding the grass seed and itls long body and three tails curving down gracefully behind its lacelike wings.
A Mayfly - possibly the Common Mayfly - Ephemera danica?
#InsectThursday #Mayflies #Macro #MacroHour #MacroPhotography #MacroPix
Either I’ve uncovered proof of #alien life, or there’s a tiny rave going on with #dragonflies or #mayflies. No in-between.
Fisheries crew leader with a faint exclamation point above his head, reminiscent of video game side quests.
Tree covered in mayflies.
Field box and boat covered in mayflies.
Fisheries worker covered in mayflies.
Scenario: It’s the first day of a new fisheries field season. Your crew leader shows up in an electrofishing boat, both of which are covered in #mayflies. You’re not sure, but there appears to be a faint exclamation point above his head as he invites you along on a side quest. How do you answer?
Large mayflies had recently hatched from the Mississippi River down below and occasionally said hi to us as we hiked.
Tonttu decided they might make a good snack!
#Huskies #Mayflies
"The dusk air was thick with dancing mayflies. A moving sea of flies shook and shivered from just above my head to just over the tallest trees... I saw how they found each other, forming pairs in sublime flight. This was the dance of life." #mayflies #mating #mayflyemergence #mayflydance #rivers
NOW is the time of the mesmerizing Mayfly dance ... If you're by the river, go see at dusk and watch this beautiful but fatal ritual dance... #mayflies #rivers #mating #nature #NaturePhogography #environment themeaningofwater.com/2021/05/30/t...
It’s quite buggy out... #mayflies.
Mayfly hanging from a tree on the bank of the Water of Leith yesterday at Currie.
Mayfly hanging from a tree on the bank of the Water of Leith yesterday at Currie. #Mayflies #Insects #Photography #Nikon @wolct.bsky.social
