Water flowers – One-time (Ephemanoptera) – Insects with two pairs of wings. The front wings are stronger and larger than the back. The larvae of these insects live in a water environment after several years, while adults live only a few hours to several weeks. They are known as air players. This group of insects were registered over 1,600 species, of which, in Macedonia, 63 taxa (5 taxa is endemic). The most famous and most common representative from the line of the one-time is the type of water flower (Ephemera Vulgate L.), a delicate insect with length 17-19 mm. Adult individuals appear massively before the surface of the water and live very short. The massive extinction of this kind in the waters creates a phenomenon called “water flower”. Lit.: Petar Ikonomov, Ephemanopter of Prespa valley, Annairelapac. PHIIL. UNIV., Skopje, 1953, 6 (7): 1-30; Petar Ikonomov, the one-time (Ephemanoptera) of Macedonia Fam. Ephemerelida, Acta, Mus. Mac. SCI. Nat., Skopje, 1961, 8 (3): 53-74; Vladimir T. PHPAC, TPPP Material Subjects TePhe Forcees Oh Natura – PROCESDINGS OF INDERNATIAL COMAPIONAL CEZHASTROCHES AND CHAGETY IN Museumas, Special ISUE OF THEA National Museum Off BiH. Passelian Museum Bosnay and Herzegovina and Tyro -er Landesemuseum Ferdinanda, Sarayevo, 2001, 106-111. C. T. K. – M. Cr.
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