I 'm one of the biggest may flies in our streams. When we may
flies are young we live under the water, but as we get older we grow wings so
that one day we can fly away to find a nice piece of stream to lay our eggs. May
flies have three tails, but my middle tail is quite small so you might have to
look closely to see it. You can easily see my spiny gills sticking out of my
body; they make me look quite fat.
You might find lots of spiny-gilled may flies like me in clean
streams with cold water, especially in the bush. I eat small bits of plant and
small animals that float down the stream. You'll never guess how I catch this
food - I trap bits of food in the long hairs that grow out of my legs!
;void('');)
