21 Dec 2018

Critter of the Week Amelotopsis mayfly

From Afternoons, 3:30 pm on 21 December 2018

In our final Critter of the week for 2018 we bring you the Amelotopsis mayfly!

Nicola Toki, DoC's Threatened Species Ambassador tells us about this endemic critter is different from most other insects because it as a very simple developmental biology: these mayflies don't go through pewter stage: only juveniles which haven't developed wing buds, and then adults.

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