Eastern green drake
The eastern green drake is a big mayfly from eastern North America. It spends its childhood underwater in streams and rivers. Then it flies up into the air for a very short grown-up life.
How fast is it?
Fun facts
It grows up in three steps: a young one living underwater, a flying not-quite-grown-up, and finally a grown-up.
Mayflies are the only insects that change their skin once more after they already have wings.
The grown-up stage lives only for a short time.
There are plenty of them, and scientists say the species is safe and not in danger.
Most asked questions about Eastern green drake
?Does the eastern green drake bite?
No. Mayflies cannot bite or sting, and the grown-ups do not even eat.
?Where does the eastern green drake live?
Near streams and rivers in the eastern United States and Canada.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Ephemera guttulata
- Group
- Other insects
- Family
- Ephemeridae
- Classification
- Insecta > Ephemeroptera > Ephemeridae
- Lives on
- North America
- Also known as
- Shad fly, Coffinfly
Where the facts come from
- Ephemera guttulata (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 Jerry Schoen. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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