Mayflies have a unique life cycle where they spend most of their lives as aquatic larvae before emerging from the water for a short time as winged adults to mate and lay eggs. The document discusses the characteristics and life cycle of mayflies through diagrams and descriptions of the different stages from nymph to swarming adults.

1. Mayflies A day in the Life of a Mayfly.

2. Characteristics

3. Diagram

4. Life Cycle 1

5. Diagram 2

6. Life Cycle 3

7. Life Cycle 4

8. Life Cycle 5

9. Life Cycle 6

10. Mayfly Nymph

11. Larva Gills

12. Larva Head and Thorax

13. Adult Cluster

14. Adult Swarm

15. Adults mating