Subimago, Fem.—Dull piceous: antennæ black: abdomen more than twice the length of the thorax: setæ brownish testaceous, mutilated: legs dull testaceous; fore-legs brown: wings gray; veins black, not strongly marked.
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Subimago
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 亞成蟲 /亚成虫 noun (development stage of an insect)
Finnish
1 entries- esiaikuinen noun (development stage of an insect)
Japanese
1 entries- 亜成虫 noun (development stage of an insect)
Russian
1 entries- субима́го noun (development stage of an insect)
Spanish
1 entries- subimago noun (development stage of an insect)
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The subimago (a winged, but usually sexually immature stage) in the life cycle of mayflies is unique among living insect orders. The Ephemeroptera have two winged-instars, the subimago and the adult (or imago).
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Subimagos emerge at the surface, fly to a support, molt immediately to the adult stage, live only a few hours, swarm, and mate shortly after ecdysis.
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Subimagines flutter away immediately and rest at protected sites near the stream for up to 2-3 days, until the molt to the very short-lived adult occurs.
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