Mayflies hatching from eggs video

[Rusty Spinner]

Really cool video of a mayfly ovipositing eggs followed seconds later by the eggs hatching.

Mayfly Eggs Hatching a Minute After Being Laid - YouTube

 

[lightenup]

Really cool video of a mayfly ovipositing eggs followed seconds later by the eggs hatching.

Mayfly Eggs Hatching a Minute After Being Laid - YouTube

Reminds me of sea monkeys.....

 

[tomfly]

Great video Rusty . Sometimes the most simplistic videos are the most amazing.

 

[WBDluver]

How did they get a camera that small to take that video?:acid:

 

[Rusty Spinner]

How did they get a camera that small to take that video?:acid:

That's a Delaware mayfly. So it's about 5" long

 

[FIN-ITE 34]

I tied up a bunch of those nymphs using TMC 2488 hooks in size 156. I'd post a picture but I dont have a lense attachment for the microscope I used to tie them. The hardest part of the pattern is dividing up the Danville 6/0 olive thread into individual strands.

 

[fisherprice13]

what a great video, its always awesome to watch nature

 

[Andy]

Truely amazing. I didn't think that the eggs actually hatching happened that fast.

 

[Matt Grobert]

Truely amazing. I didn't think that the eggs actually hatching happened that fast.

Andy, this mayfly is the exception - this text was embedded below the video.........

Most mayflies lay their eggs immediately after mating; the eggs then take anywhere from 10 days to many months to hatch. Cloeon cognatum is an exception. This species is ovoviviparous, which means that a mated female holds her eggs internally until embryonic development is complete (about 18 days), after which she lays them in water and they hatch immediately. This female was dropped onto the water surface moments before the video started.

 

[jcstikfish]

Those nymphs are instantly great swimmers!

~James