Ephemeroptera 3

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Camera location 48° 00′ 59.85″ N, 11° 29′ 23.76″ E : View all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap - Google Earth: 48.016626; 11.489934. Description: Deutsch: Eine weibliche Subimago (ein geflügeltes Vorimaginalstadium) der Märzbräune (Rhithrogena germanica) aus der Familie Heptageniidae. Die Eintagsfliegen (Ephemeroptera, auch Ephemoptera; von gr. ephemeros - eintägig, pteron - Flügel) sind die ursprünglichsten unter den Fluginsekten (Pterygota). Es gibt sie schon seit 200 Millionen Jahren. Die Eintagsfliegen bilden eine Ordnung innerhalb der Klasse der Insekten (Insecta). Von den bekannten 2.800 Arten leben in Mitteleuropa mehr als 100. English: A female subimago of March Brown (Rhithrogena germanica) of family Heptageniidae. 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 Paleoptera, which also contains the dragonflies and damselflies. They are aquatic insects whose immature stage (called naiad or, colloquially, nymph) usually lasts one year in fresh water. Date: 8 January 2008. Source: Own work. Author: Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak . Permission (Reusing this file): : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 Generic license.:. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 CC BY-SA 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.5 truetrue.