While collecting larval sturgeon on the Mississippi River for research and release, MDC staff discovered a predatory mayfly trying to eat a larval shovelnose sturgeon. The mayfly is found in large rivers with sandy environments, and also where larval sturgeon are drifting in the river. Ironically, as adults, the bottom-feeding sturgeon eat mayfly larvae as part of their diet. Thank you Joshua Abner for the video. | Missouri Dept. of Conservation

Today's creature on feature: The Mayfly Mayflies are aquatic insects belonging to the order Ephemeroptera. This order is part of an ancient group of insects termed the Palaeoptera, which also contains dragonflies and damselflies. Over 3,000 species of mayfly are known worldwide, grouped into over 400 genera in 42 families. What do mayflies eat? Nymphs feed on algae, vegetation and plant matter in their watery homes, where they live for around two years. Once they become adults they have no funct

New Course Available: "Fly Fishing the Pale Morning Dun Mayfly Hatch" In this course you will learn: 1) The specific water types you'll find PMD hatches occurring 2) The most common colors & sizes of the PMD body and wings to identify the bug while on the water AND for creating your own fly patterns & or buying flies) 3) The Leader & tippet we commonly use AND when and where to size down to lighter tippet 4) Timing of the hatch in relation to time of day and weather conditions 5) This is a great

Let us break down the PMD Mayfly Hatch for you by life-stage and recommended fly patterns! Each life stage of a hatch is a different course in the mail that the fish are going to be eating throughout the day! For our PMDs, we are fishing the aquatic, nymph life stages (split case pmds and hares ears) until about 11am when they start to emerger (Barr’s emergers and Greg’s emerges). As they transition at the surface of the water you’ll more to sparkle duns and parachute emergers. Fish your parachu

As a mayfly larvae emerges out of its shell, this will be the most important—and only—day of its adult life. | National Geographic

The Life of a MayFly. 🐜 #wildlife #animals #nature | Wilderness Wildlifes