Mayfly Fun Facts

DID YOU KNOW?

8 FASCINATING FACTS about Mayflies!

• A Mayfly is an aquatic insect.

• Mayfly can reach 0.5 to 1 inch in length.

• Mayflies are best known for their extremely short lifespan. Adults live from a few minutes to a few days only!

• Mayflies are indicators of the pollution of the water, they can only survive in clean waters.

• Mayflies are an important source of food for the trout, bass, catfish, frogs, newts and birds.

• Mayflies are the primary source of models for flies, based on different life-cycle stages of mayflies.

• A Mayfly’s wings are held together upright over the body like those of a butterfly.

• At the end of the mayfly life cycle, after mating, the females fall to the water and lay their eggs. Then both male and female mayfly act as food for hungry fish and birds.