slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
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mayfly::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dayfly, shadfly |
| Type of | ephemerid, ephemeropteran |
Examples of mayfly
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Before you know it, your relatively new phone has the battery life of a mayfly.
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But it's shortsighted to assume that mayfly pleasure outweighs everything else.
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Overall, drifting with worm harnesses or casting mayfly rigs have been productive.
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There's a caddis hatch early in the morning and a sparse mayfly hatch mid day.
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Magical because it used to be famous for its blizzard-like hatches of mayfly.
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Catch one, as I did, on a mayfly, and watch it zip all over the place before tiring.
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As workers shoveled and shifted, trout splashed noisily to a mayfly hatch.
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The best action has been for anglers fishing mayfly nymph patterns under an indicator.
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A recurring dead zone in Erie's central basin is virtually mayfly-free, Krieger said.
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- Slender insect with delicate membranous wings having an aquatic larval stage and terrestrial adult stage usually lasting less than two days
- Mayflies are insects which belong to the Order Ephemeroptera (from the Greek ephemeros = "short-lived", pteron = "wing", referring to the short life span of adults). They have been placed into an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. ...
- Cy Curnin (born Cyril John Curnin, 12 December 1957, Wimbledon, England) is the lead vocalist for the new wave music group, The Fixx. The band became famous with the song "One Thing Leads to Another" in 1983, and remained popular in the United States throughout the 1980s. ...
- Mayfly is a short film currently in production. It was written and directed by Michael Bodie, and deals with the difficult subject matter of assisted suicide and dying. Michael graduated as a writer / director, from UC Davis with a bachelors in dramatic arts. Mayfly was his fifth short film.
- Any of many fragile insects, of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water, and live very briefly as adults
- (Mayflies) Aquatic insects of the order Ephemeroptera, which account for most of the important hatches; tied and fished as nymphs, duns, and spinners.
- A small aquatic fly that is an important food for trout, which means it is also important for fly-anglers.
- World wide, the most commonly imitated aquatic insect. Most dry fly and nymph patterns imitate this insect. Nymph stage of the mayfly lasts approximately one year; adult stages last one to three days. The adult has one pair of upright wings, making it look like a small sailboat. ...
- Is the common name for any of the insects that belong to the Order Ephemeroptera, characterized by a short-lived adult stage and fragile wings. The longer-lived immature stage is aquatic, and the mayfly is called naiad or, colloquially, nymph at this time. ...
