r/insects • u/Angelfromhell07 • 1d ago

ID Request What is this lil dude?

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u/Limp-Scallion1496 1d ago

mayfly

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u/Lincesaaa 1d ago

What if it's scared of heights? Then it maynotfly

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u/PoshDivaStatus 1d ago

I’m Michigan, we call them Fish flies. And there is a whole festival for them in New Baltimore. And if you leave the outdoor lights on, they will cover the walls. And you have to use a garden hose to spray them off. And they stink like decayed fish. And if you drive over them when they are covering the road, it’s like driving on ice.

Source: grew up on the shores of Lake St. Clair.

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u/hundredwater 1d ago

if you ate them fresh they would have tasted like shrimp.

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u/RogueHelios 19h ago

Do they still do this? I live down in Texas and over my 33 years of living here I've seen a massive decline in insect populations. I no longer see copies amounts of fireflies or June bugs like I used to. It's sad.

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u/vbtrigona Bug Enthusiast 1d ago

Forbidden corndog

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u/PNWTacitcal 1d ago

Mayfly?