Brown drake
The brown drake is a mayfly that lives all over the United States. Its young dig burrows in the sand and mud at the bottom of streams. On summer nights the grown-ups pop out of the water, mate and fly about.
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Fun facts
It is the most common mayfly of its family in North America.
It comes out of the water from mid-June to mid-July, always at night.
When the young come up, they float on the water until they can fly to nearby leaves. Trout love to catch them then.
Trout, bass, perch, salmon and catfish all eat brown drakes.
People who fish make fake brown drakes out of feathers to trick the trout.
Most asked questions about Brown drake
?When does the brown drake hatch?
From mid-June to mid-July, at night.
?Does the brown drake bite?
No. Mayflies cannot bite or sting, and the grown-ups do not even eat.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ephemera simulans
- Group
- Other insects
- Family
- Ephemeridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Ephemeroptera > Ephemeridae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Ephemera simulans (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by USFWS Mountain-Prairie. Public domain, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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