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Deerfly vs Mayfly - What's the difference?

deerfly | mayfly |

As nouns the difference between deerfly and mayfly

is that deerfly is any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in 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.

deerfly

English

(wikipedia deerfly) (Chrysops)

Alternative forms

* deer fly

Noun

(deerflies)
  • Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in .
  • *2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 161:
  • *:When the sun comes out, it is totally delightful, except for the mosquitoes, and the blackflies, and the deerflies .
  • *2010 , (Siddhartha Mukherjee), The Emperor of all Maladies , Fourth Estate 2011, p. 149:
  • *:The basement was flooded and the couch was growing mildew, so we sat outdoors in the shadows of the trees in a screened tent with deerflies and mosquitoes buzzing outside.

    • 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