Andre Hartslief
Mayflies do not attack people and cannot sting or bite. The sheer numbers of these insects during their mating season can cause problems for drivers and annoy homeowners whose houses are coated in bugs.
After the larva stage, female mayflies usually live less than five minutes, while males can live a whopping two days. But the males don’t waste a single minute, spending that short period of time mating and reproducing making them the most prolific breeders on earth.
Oh, and about what an adult mayfly eats, the answer is that it does not eat anything as its mouth is undeveloped. It only “ate” during its sub-aquatic development stage as a larva feeding on dead algae.
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That is very interesting I have never seen insects like that,
All life is precious! One might have wondered what it’s significance is, but in their development, stage, they eat harmful algae and in turn, are a valuable source of protein to many fish species. And once they take to the air, other creatures like frogs spiders, ants and of course birds, feast on them.
if your life is only one day you can spend the day eating ice cream, you won’t gain weight!
fun article! Mayflies are very annoying they seem to like flying in a cloud!
We don’t get them here but the research articles both mentioned the agro folks have when they swarm.
they are truly pesty. There are in the spring here clouds of them literally flying around!