Monday, May 11, 2009

Mayflies

Quick Mayfly Facts:
  • Adults live only a day or two. Most of its life is spent as a nymph living underwater for just a few months up to three years.
  • Mayflies do not feed as adults. Their final hours are spent mating. Shortly after which they die.
  • The mayfly predates the dinosaurs as fossils have been found from over 300 million years ago.

2 comments:

Layanee said...

Debbie...very interesting...to mate and then die is incentive for virginity.

Richmond Hill Landscaping said...

this insect is very harmful, it is the cause fo maleriya disies.