We studied antipredatory responses of lotic mayfly (Baetis) nymphs in a factorial experiment with four levels of fish presence: (1) a freely foraging fish (the European minnow, Phoxinus phoxinus), (2) ...

Scientists scooped sand from a riverbed in Thailand and found two nymphs of rare mayfly species not seen in 22 years, a study said. Photo from Kwanboon and Boonsoong (2025) Knee-deep in a river of ...

"The worst day was probably last Wednesday -- every light in town had a cloud of mayflies around it at night," said Alex Kontos, marketing director for the Lakeside Association. "But we get it like ...

I don’t know why I was worried, but I was. While preparing to lead a stream exploration, I was worried that it was too early in the season to find anything interesting in the stream. Worried despite ...

Mayflies are small, short-lived (as adults) insects of the Order Ephemeroptera. As adults, most emerge from their nymph form, take flight, mate, lay eggs and die in just a day or two. The common name ...

Mayflies thrive in the fertile waters around Vail. Mayflies are quiet, unobtrusive insects that hatch and sail away out of sight. Unlike the clownish bouncing of the caddis moths or the spectacular ...

“Nymphin’ NORM” has nothing against dry flies. If there’s a mayfly hatch on, he’ll float a dry. But, says the West Hills angler, “when I want to catch fish, I go nymphing.” Norm Strieck acquired his ...

In the beginning of your fly fishing journey, the most common concept of fly fishing is floating a "bug"-like fly on the top of the water to induce a fish to strike. The fly is supposed to represent a ...

Some living things can live for over 10,000 years, while others end their lives in a very short period of time. Experts say that some mayflies, which are representative of short-lived animals, have an ...