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Caddis vs Mayfly - What's the difference?

caddis | mayfly |

As nouns the difference between caddis and mayfly

is that caddis is the larva of a caddice fly that generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris while mayfly is any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.

caddis

English

Noun

(es)
  • The larva of a caddice fly that generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
  • A rough woolen cloth; caddice
  • A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Caddises , cambrics, lawns.

    mayfly

    English

    (wikipedia mayfly)

    Noun

    (mayflies)
  • Any of the many fragile insects of the order Ephemeroptera, that develop in fresh water and live very briefly as winged adults.
  • * 2002 , John Gooderham, Edward Tsyrlin, The Waterbug Book , page 132,
  • Adult mayflies' have large compound eyes and most have two pairs of wings.' Mayfly nymphs are distinguished by their three tails (two cerci and a terminal filament) and the set of gills on each side of their abdomen.
  • * 2005 , Terry Hellekson, Fish Flies: The Encyclopedia of the Fly Tier's Art , page 213,
  • Mayflies are fragile, gossamer-winged insects that arise from bodies of water and often swarm in great numbers.
  • * 2010 , Barbara L. Peckarsky, J. David Allan, Angus R. McIntosh, Brad W. Taylor, Chapter 9: Understanding the Role of Predation in Open Systems'', Ian Billick, Mary V. Price (editors), ''The Ecology of Place , page 195,
  • Stoneflies have negligible consumptive (thin solid line) and behavioral effects (thin dashed line) on mayfly' abundance. Consumption by trout decreases the abundance of '''mayflies''' (solid line), but trout suppress ' mayfly emigration (drift) and thereby increase their abundance (thick dashed line).

    Synonyms

    * (any species of Ephemeroptera) shadfly

    See also

    * (mayfly) hatch