Palingenia longicauda

About half an hour after the male long-tailed mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) hatched the first females appear on the water sruface. Unlike the males the female long-tailed mayflies are already mature when they emerge. Every female, like the one in the foreground recognisable by its shorter tails, is approached by several mature males. Eventually the female mates with one of them on the water surface. Tisza blooming (Tiszavirágzás). It is when millions of long-tailed mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) are rising in huge clouds, reproduce, and perish, all in just a few hours.

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Image Size: 5100x3387 / 7.0MB; https://www.photoshelter.com/support/license; https://solvinzankl.photoshelter.com/p/faq; ANSAMMLUNG ARTHROPODEN Aggregation Animal Animals Arthropoda Arthropods BEWEGUNG BEWEGUNGSUNSCHÄRFE BIOTOP Blurred Motion Copulation EINTAGSFLIEGE EINTAGSFLIEGEN Ephemeroptera Ephemoptera FLUSS Freshwater Freshwater Habitat Freshwater species GLIEDERFÜSSER GLIEDERFÜßER Gathering Hungary INSEKT INSEKTEN INSEKTENKUNDE Insect Insecta Insects Invertebrata Invertebrate Invertebrates Invertebrates – freshwater Invertebrates – terrestrial KOPULATION Long-Tailed MAI MAIFLIEGE Male and Female Mating Mating Behaviour May Mayflies Mayfly Motion Motion Blur Movement MÄNNCHEN UND WEIBCHEN No People PAAREN PAARUNG Pairing Palingenia longicauda River Standing waters SÜSSWASSER SÜSSWASSER LEBENSRAUM SÜSSWASSERARTEN SÜßWASSER THEISS THEIß TIER TIERE Tisza Blooming Tisza River Tiszavirágzás UNGARN WASSERINSEKT WASSERINSEKTEN WASSEROBERFLÄCHE WIRBELLOS WIRBELLOSE ZWEIFLÜGLER
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About half an hour after the male long-tailed mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) hatched the first females appear on the water sruface. Unlike the males the female long-tailed mayflies are already mature when they emerge. Every female, like the one in the foreground recognisable by its shorter tails, is approached by several mature males. Eventually the female mates with one of them on the water surface. Tisza blooming (Tiszavirágzás). It is when millions of long-tailed mayflies (Palingenia longicauda) are rising in huge clouds, reproduce, and perish, all in just a few hours.