Mayfly
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Mayflies are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. Over 3,000
Rhithrogena germanica subimago on Equisetum hyemale
Adult Atalophlebia with the cylindrical dorsal or turban eyes visible
Mayflies (known locally as shadflies) swarm briefly in enormous numbers in Ontario.
Rainbow trout are among the main predators of mayflies.
Rhithrogena germanica
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Rhithrogena germanica is a European species of mayfly, and is "probably the most famous of all British mayflies", because of its use in fly fishing. It is known in the British Isles as the March brown
Mayfly
…tourists. Fly fishermen make use of mayfly hatches by choosing artificial fishing flies that resemble them. One of the most famous English mayflies is Rhithrogena germanica, the fisherman's "March brown mayfly". The brief lives of mayfly adults have been noted by naturalists and encyclopaedists since Aristotle and Pliny…
Ephemeroptera 2
Fishing flies from Charles Bowlker's Art of Angling, 1854. 3. March brown