it just sits there doing nothing.. is it dead???
2006-08-16 14:06:30 · 5 answers · asked by Jessica M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Maybe, and maybe not yet.
Mayfly spend most of their lifetime as larvae in water. Once they trun into adult, they live only a few days, some spieces only a few hours. They lack a proper digestive system, so as adult cannot even eat. So all they do as adult is find a mate, lay eggs and die.
The one you see doing nothing may have already mated and is waiting to die, or is waiting to smell the presence of a member of the opposite sex.
2006-08-16 14:15:14 · answer #1 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well... it's a mayfly ... not a mustfly or a canfly or even a shouldfly.
It may fly or it may not.
2006-08-16 14:12:27 · answer #2 · answered by Lee S 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its either dead, or your lacking in intelligence.
2006-08-16 14:14:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, it's not necessarily dead....but if you could just sit there all day and do nothing, wouldn't you?
2006-08-16 14:12:05 · answer #4 · answered by -Incline- 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Why do you?
2006-08-16 14:12:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋