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Anyone any ideas what these are?

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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  • edited July 2022
    Mayfly?


  • Larvae of some kind, probably crane flies?
  • I’m sure @Stig will know.
  • Yep definitely Mayflies. Can't tell you in any more detail though, there are so many of them.
  • It's a Mayfly and it's dead, in fact they are all dead. Touch one and it will just fall off the wall.
  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
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  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
    At least if their know,they can plan their day out accordingly…👍
  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
    At least you could get smashed and not have to worry about a hangover in the morning.
  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
    At least if their know,they can plan their day out accordingly…👍
    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 tomorrow
  • Dizzle said:
    Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
    At least if their know,they can plan their day out accordingly…👍
    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 tomorrow
    Depends I suppose what time they were born…take it all at different times,it would be like fuck all around me are dying…

    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…🙄
  • edited July 2022
    Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
    At least you could get smashed and not have to worry about a hangover in the morning.
    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.
  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
    At least you could get smashed and not have to worry about a hangover in the morning.
    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.
    I suppose it would be ok if you’re born on a Friday, you could go to The Millers
  • 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. 

  • 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. 

    Q Dave Mehmet 
  • 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. 

    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.

    Out comes the hoover..
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  • Presumably there are things that live for less than a day?

    New season hopes?

    Any others?
  • Something in the air - currently covered in flying ants... 
  • Dave Rudd said:
    Presumably there are things that live for less than a day?

    New season hopes?

    Any others?
    No. The Mayfly has the shortest lifespan:

    https://a-z-animals.com/blog/8-shortest-living-animals-in-the-world/



    Insects have a different perception of time however:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/sep/16/time-passes-slowly-flies-study
  • With my luck, it would rain.
  • 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…


    Some sort of bug 🐜 🐛 🐞?
  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
     Depends what sort of day you had.
  • Don't they only live a day? A bit of a bummer if you are a Mayfly I reckon.
     Depends what sort of day you had.
    A crap one I would imagine if you die at the end of it.
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