Another image of the amazing turbinate eyes of the male mayfly.pic.twitter.com/fWxZiaJVED
This dude's got eyes seven eyes, two of which (the orange safety cones on his head) are dedicated to finding females
Photo by Matthias Lenke (via @ColumboAhmed) https://www.flickr.com/photos/matthias_lenke/7157361414/ …pic.twitter.com/2JY2U6ohKx
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do you know if this is a different species of mayfly or if it's younger or if there's just variation in the turbinate eyes?
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Probably a different species. There are >1000 species in the Baetidae family of mayflies.
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And he’ll use them for less than a day.
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