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Anyone any ideas what these are?
Elthamaddick
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Have randomly had them appear on the wall by the back door…..must be about 20/30 of them, don’t move at all?. Google hasn’t been much help so I’m thinking that this is the next best place to ask…
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Mayfly?
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Larvae of some kind, probably crane flies?0
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Probably best you pack your bags and burn the house down.33
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I'm no expert but the look like insects to me.32
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I’m sure @Stig will know.0
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Yep definitely Mayflies. Can't tell you in any more detail though, there are so many of them.
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Baby Demi Gorgan's. Escaped from the Upside Down. Its the end of days.8
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It's a Mayfly and it's dead, in fact they are all dead. Touch one and it will just fall off the wall.0
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Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.0
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At least if their know,they can plan their day out accordingly…👍MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.2 -
At least you could get smashed and not have to worry about a hangover in the morning.MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.1 -
Do you reckon they know that they only have a day though? None have ever lived long enough to warn the following days tranche that they won’t make it until tomorrowNorthheathAddick said:
At least if their know,they can plan their day out accordingly…👍MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.0 -
Depends I suppose what time they were born…take it all at different times,it would be like fuck all around me are dying…Dizzle said:
Do you reckon they know that they only have a day though? None have ever lived long enough to warn the following days tranche that they won’t make it until tomorrowNorthheathAddick said:
At least if their know,they can plan their day out accordingly…👍MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
im obviously making it up but as u say,shite either way if that’s the case…also is it always approx 24hrs more or less…we need DA on the case if he hasn’t explained already…🙄0 -
They do spend that day efficiently. They have to pull, get off with each other and have babies, then die. To be fair the larvae live about a year.DaveMehmet said:
At least you could get smashed and not have to worry about a hangover in the morning.MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.0 -
I suppose it would be ok if you’re born on a Friday, you could go to The MillersMuttleyCAFC said:
They do spend that day efficiently. They have to pull, get off with each other and have babies, then die. To be fair the larvae live about a year.DaveMehmet said:
At least you could get smashed and not have to worry about a hangover in the morning.MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.2 -
Yeah, they live underwater for ages, that's their real life. The flight stage is just the final finale. They have it all planned out well. Many are on the lookout the second they leave the water. They have sex on the wing and are a spent force by the time they land on your kitchen door. Some of the males have really weird eyes, they are specially designed to hunt for sexual partners whilst flying upwards.
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Q Dave MehmetStig said:Yeah, they live underwater for ages, that's their real life. The flight stage is just the final finale. They have it all planned out well. Many are on the lookout the second they leave the water. They have sex on the wing and are a spent force by the time they land on your kitchen door. Some of the males have really weird eyes, they are specially designed to hunt for sexual partners whilst flying upwards.2 -
Turbinate eyes, that's the thing:
https://www.reddit.com/r/woahdude/comments/2tz42p/male_mayflies_have_7_eyes_3_simple_2_compound_2/0 -
cheers for the responses, would explain why they all appears to be in pairs on the wall....sounds like the pond in the garden has played a part.Stig said:Yeah, they live underwater for ages, that's their real life. The flight stage is just the final finale. They have it all planned out well. Many are on the lookout the second they leave the water. They have sex on the wing and are a spent force by the time they land on your kitchen door. Some of the males have really weird eyes, they are specially designed to hunt for sexual partners whilst flying upwards.
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Presumably there are things that live for less than a day?
New season hopes?
Any others?1 -
Something in the air - currently covered in flying ants...0
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No. The Mayfly has the shortest lifespan:Dave Rudd said:Presumably there are things that live for less than a day?
New season hopes?
Any others?
https://a-z-animals.com/blog/8-shortest-living-animals-in-the-world/
Insects have a different perception of time however:
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With my luck, it would rain.0
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Some sort of bug 🐜 🐛 🐞?Elthamaddick said:Have randomly had them appear on the wall by the back door…..must be about 20/30 of them, don’t move at all?. Google hasn’t been much help so I’m thinking that this is the next best place to ask…0 -
Depends what sort of day you had.MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.0 -
A crap one I would imagine if you die at the end of it.aitchyaddick said:
Depends what sort of day you had.MuttleyCAFC said:Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.0
