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April 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
thinking about how hornily you described the permavirgin immature child mayfly subimago
October 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
thinking about how hornily you described the permavirgin immature child mayfly subimago
Did you know that Ephemeroptera is the only extant insect lineage that has a winged-yet-sexually immature instar?
Right before moulting a final time to true adulthood, they exist as a "sub-imago". Clouded, softly fuzzy wings, clumsy flight, shorter limbs, genitalia incapable of mating...
Cute!!
Right before moulting a final time to true adulthood, they exist as a "sub-imago". Clouded, softly fuzzy wings, clumsy flight, shorter limbs, genitalia incapable of mating...
Cute!!
October 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Did you know that Ephemeroptera is the only extant insect lineage that has a winged-yet-sexually immature instar?
Right before moulting a final time to true adulthood, they exist as a "sub-imago". Clouded, softly fuzzy wings, clumsy flight, shorter limbs, genitalia incapable of mating...
Cute!!
Right before moulting a final time to true adulthood, they exist as a "sub-imago". Clouded, softly fuzzy wings, clumsy flight, shorter limbs, genitalia incapable of mating...
Cute!!
So apparently mayflies are one of the only insects to have a secondary adult stage and they molt at adults from a subimago to an imago.
Except the subimago is supposed to be very short and close to where they emerge from the water. This was 24 hours later.
insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/pdf/Edmund...
Except the subimago is supposed to be very short and close to where they emerge from the water. This was 24 hours later.
insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/pdf/Edmund...
insecta.bio.spbu.ru
August 22, 2024 at 9:43 PM
So apparently mayflies are one of the only insects to have a secondary adult stage and they molt at adults from a subimago to an imago.
Except the subimago is supposed to be very short and close to where they emerge from the water. This was 24 hours later.
insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/pdf/Edmund...
Except the subimago is supposed to be very short and close to where they emerge from the water. This was 24 hours later.
insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/pdf/Edmund...
An den Mittelgebirgsbächen sind die Winter-Spezialisten unter den Fluginsekten verschwunden und die ersten Frühjahrsarten sind in Anzahl unterwegs. Hier ein Weibchen der Eintagsfliege Habroleptoides confusa. Besonders ist, dass es sich noch einmal häuten wird, es handelt sich um eine Subimago. 1/2
March 24, 2026 at 8:09 AM
An den Mittelgebirgsbächen sind die Winter-Spezialisten unter den Fluginsekten verschwunden und die ersten Frühjahrsarten sind in Anzahl unterwegs. Hier ein Weibchen der Eintagsfliege Habroleptoides confusa. Besonders ist, dass es sich noch einmal häuten wird, es handelt sich um eine Subimago. 1/2
With a name like Sulphur Dun you might think that I smell. I am simply a mayfly subimago. No longer a nymph and not quite ready to date. That awkward in-between stage of metamorphosis, just waiting to pop. At least I don’t smell
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#NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #BugSky #FlyFishing #Nature #Photography
June 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
With a name like Sulphur Dun you might think that I smell. I am simply a mayfly subimago. No longer a nymph and not quite ready to date. That awkward in-between stage of metamorphosis, just waiting to pop. At least I don’t smell
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#NonHumanNeighbours #Insects #BugSky #FlyFishing #Nature #Photography
Male mayflies have 7 eyes.. they are the only insects known to undergo a second molt after they develop functional, fully formed wings. After emerging from the aquatic nymph stage, the mayfly emerges as a subimago, then after a few hours to a couple of days, it sheds its skin to become an imago. 😲
April 5, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Male mayflies have 7 eyes.. they are the only insects known to undergo a second molt after they develop functional, fully formed wings. After emerging from the aquatic nymph stage, the mayfly emerges as a subimago, then after a few hours to a couple of days, it sheds its skin to become an imago. 😲
Wikipedia says they’re a unique insect bc they have a “fully winged terrestrial preadult stage, the subimago, which moults into a sexually mature adult, the imago.”
Could that be what happened here?
Could that be what happened here?
August 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Wikipedia says they’re a unique insect bc they have a “fully winged terrestrial preadult stage, the subimago, which moults into a sexually mature adult, the imago.”
Could that be what happened here?
Could that be what happened here?
It still seems odd since my front door is a ways from any water and the subimago supposedly emerges from the water to a stem where it molts into the imago a brief time later. Not to someone's front door where it sits for a full day.
But you do you, mayfly.
genent.cals.ncsu.edu/insect-ident...
But you do you, mayfly.
genent.cals.ncsu.edu/insect-ident...
Order Ephemeroptera – ENT 425 – General Entomology
genent.cals.ncsu.edu
August 22, 2024 at 9:46 PM
It still seems odd since my front door is a ways from any water and the subimago supposedly emerges from the water to a stem where it molts into the imago a brief time later. Not to someone's front door where it sits for a full day.
But you do you, mayfly.
genent.cals.ncsu.edu/insect-ident...
But you do you, mayfly.
genent.cals.ncsu.edu/insect-ident...
Ja, sehr schön! Hab gestern einiges neues über Eintagsfliegen gelernt. Auch: "Eintagsfliegen sind die einzigen rezenten Insekten, bei denen sich Tiere mit vollständig ausgebildeten Flügeln nochmals häuten" Bei manchen Arten gibt es also zwei Schwärme, vom Subimago und später am Tag vom Imago.
December 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Ja, sehr schön! Hab gestern einiges neues über Eintagsfliegen gelernt. Auch: "Eintagsfliegen sind die einzigen rezenten Insekten, bei denen sich Tiere mit vollständig ausgebildeten Flügeln nochmals häuten" Bei manchen Arten gibt es also zwei Schwärme, vom Subimago und später am Tag vom Imago.
#InverteFest - Quote with your space bug
Here's the exuvia (shed skin) of a 4 mm mayfly subimago (flying sub adult) on our dusty window. It's a unique mayfly stage - other insects do not molt again once they have flight-capable wings. The stage is brief - in some species, it lasts only minutes. 🐙 🌿
Here's the exuvia (shed skin) of a 4 mm mayfly subimago (flying sub adult) on our dusty window. It's a unique mayfly stage - other insects do not molt again once they have flight-capable wings. The stage is brief - in some species, it lasts only minutes. 🐙 🌿
April 27, 2024 at 4:18 PM
#InverteFest - Quote with your space bug
Here's the exuvia (shed skin) of a 4 mm mayfly subimago (flying sub adult) on our dusty window. It's a unique mayfly stage - other insects do not molt again once they have flight-capable wings. The stage is brief - in some species, it lasts only minutes. 🐙 🌿
Here's the exuvia (shed skin) of a 4 mm mayfly subimago (flying sub adult) on our dusty window. It's a unique mayfly stage - other insects do not molt again once they have flight-capable wings. The stage is brief - in some species, it lasts only minutes. 🐙 🌿
🦟 La efímera vive horas o días como adulta, tras hasta 4 años como ninfa bajo el agua.
🚫 Carece de aparato digestivo funcional: su tracto se llena de aire para el vuelo reproductivo.
🧬 Posee una fase alada intermedia, el subimago, en la que sus patas crecen hasta 8 veces para sujetar a la hembra.
🚫 Carece de aparato digestivo funcional: su tracto se llena de aire para el vuelo reproductivo.
🧬 Posee una fase alada intermedia, el subimago, en la que sus patas crecen hasta 8 veces para sujetar a la hembra.
February 18, 2026 at 11:44 AM
🦟 La efímera vive horas o días como adulta, tras hasta 4 años como ninfa bajo el agua.
🚫 Carece de aparato digestivo funcional: su tracto se llena de aire para el vuelo reproductivo.
🧬 Posee una fase alada intermedia, el subimago, en la que sus patas crecen hasta 8 veces para sujetar a la hembra.
🚫 Carece de aparato digestivo funcional: su tracto se llena de aire para el vuelo reproductivo.
🧬 Posee una fase alada intermedia, el subimago, en la que sus patas crecen hasta 8 veces para sujetar a la hembra.
"The imago usually has transparent wings and a smooth, shiny exoskeleton in contrast to the cloudy wings and dull, pubescent body of the subimago."
We all know teenagerhood is an awkward phase but they didn't need to be this savage about it
We all know teenagerhood is an awkward phase but they didn't need to be this savage about it
October 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
"The imago usually has transparent wings and a smooth, shiny exoskeleton in contrast to the cloudy wings and dull, pubescent body of the subimago."
We all know teenagerhood is an awkward phase but they didn't need to be this savage about it
We all know teenagerhood is an awkward phase but they didn't need to be this savage about it
I knew this mayfly was sitting on the kitchen window last night and am sorry to have missed it shedding its old skin and becoming significantly longer.
July 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
I knew this mayfly was sitting on the kitchen window last night and am sorry to have missed it shedding its old skin and becoming significantly longer.
🦋 First description of the female subimago of #mayfly Behningia baei, previously known only as a nymph in Thailand. Based on reared specimens from sandy rivers, the study also documents burrowing behaviour, adding new insight into this rare genus.
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
September 4, 2026 at 10:24 AM
🦋 First description of the female subimago of #mayfly Behningia baei, previously known only as a nymph in Thailand. Based on reared specimens from sandy rivers, the study also documents burrowing behaviour, adding new insight into this rare genus.
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....
you can also see some Mayfly subimago shedding :)
July 2, 2025 at 1:02 AM
you can also see some Mayfly subimago shedding :)
yes! and if you're after mayflies, you can put the subimagos into some rearing chambers and they will soon emerge to the adult. Just need a little cup with something for the subs to cling to.
December 10, 2024 at 4:28 PM
yes! and if you're after mayflies, you can put the subimagos into some rearing chambers and they will soon emerge to the adult. Just need a little cup with something for the subs to cling to.
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By: Mary Holland on Tuesday, August 5, 2025
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Mayflies Hatching
Mayflies are aquatic insects well known for their unique life cycle. In the insect world, only mayflies have a fully winged pre-adult stage called the subimago (dun), which molts into a sexually ma…
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August 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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Word of the Hour: Subimago - A stage in the development of certain insects such as the May flies intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage the insect is able to fly but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
March 4, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Word of the Hour: Subimago - A stage in the development of certain insects such as the May flies intermediate between the pupa and imago. In this stage the insect is able to fly but subsequently sheds a skin before becoming mature. Called also pseudimago. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
Now Playing on https://www.ProgRock.com Celestial Sky [2018: Subimago] by Carptree #progrock
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November 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Now Playing on https://www.ProgRock.com Celestial Sky [2018: Subimago] by Carptree #progrock
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Après copulation les femelles retrouvent un point d'eau et pondent dans le milieu De la même manière que le passage eau/air est dangereux pour les subimago, la ponte est super sensible à la prédation. Les œufs éclosent donc en moins d'une minute!
Via https://t.co/VPOUQUrWLw https://t.co/zIgWI...
Via https://t.co/VPOUQUrWLw https://t.co/zIgWI...
Mayfly Eggs Hatching a Minute After Being Laid
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December 13, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Après copulation les femelles retrouvent un point d'eau et pondent dans le milieu De la même manière que le passage eau/air est dangereux pour les subimago, la ponte est super sensible à la prédation. Les œufs éclosent donc en moins d'une minute!
Via https://t.co/VPOUQUrWLw https://t.co/zIgWI...
Via https://t.co/VPOUQUrWLw https://t.co/zIgWI...
Pour passer de la larve aquatique à une bestiole volante, l'éphémère ne perd pas de temps! C'est rapide comme l’éclair... Mais par contre, l'insecte obtenu n'a pas complètement fini de murir, c'est le stade subimago. (+ d'infos sur cette mue ---> https://t.co/7y6x141FhM ) https://t.co/m1GUORm8Ds
December 13, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Pour passer de la larve aquatique à une bestiole volante, l'éphémère ne perd pas de temps! C'est rapide comme l’éclair... Mais par contre, l'insecte obtenu n'a pas complètement fini de murir, c'est le stade subimago. (+ d'infos sur cette mue ---> https://t.co/7y6x141FhM ) https://t.co/m1GUORm8Ds