Un #éphémère Baetis fuscatus mâle (yeux en turban) / A male #mayfly Baetis fuscatus (turban eyes)
#insecte #photography

Did you know mayflies are among the oldest insects, with fossils over 300 million years old?
Cloeon dipterum is a type of mayfly. This photo shows a female in the subimago stage—a short, non-feeding phase between nymph and adult. She uses energy stored as a nymph and will molt one last time to become a full adult. Mayflies are very sensitive to pollution, so they are used to check how healthy freshwater habitats are!

#Insects #Freshwater #Bioindicator #MacroPhotography #Camping #Biodiversity #Alentejo #MayFly #Biodiversity #InsectPhotography #NatureLovers #BugOfTheDay #WildlifeMacro #OneWithNature #CampingInPortugal #closeup

Dilophosaurus meets a Potamanthus.

#DailyDilophosaurus #Dilophosaurus #Potamanthus #Mayfly #Insects #Dinosaurs

This beauty came to perch on our table and chill out! Saved itself from being eaten by a trout in the nearby Couze Chambon.
#mayfly
#rockingwiththeinsects
#auvergne
#puydedome
#champeix

Yay! My backyard stream is healthy!
I looked under rocks and found a bunch of benthic macro invertebrate larvae (caddisfly hut and 2 something elses, probably mayfly or stonefly).
Since these only can survive in oxygen-rich, nonpolluted streams with appropriate food sources, my stream must be doing all right
#stream #mayfly #caddisfly #stonefly #ecology