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Millions of mayflies cover historical bridge with 'death flight'

The flies that get mature in the Kura River and look like butterflies, realized their annual "death flight" in the city. Millions of mayflies gathered around the lightning post, making for interesting sceneries.

Published 17.08.2022 23:11

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Millions of mayflies cover historical bridge with death flight — Sibel Kaya, an expert on the issue, said that after leaving the water for pairing, mayflies take a shape of a butterfly and then live between 2-15 hours, 1 day at the most.

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Millions of mayflies cover historical bridge with death flight — "Female flies leave around 40 thousand larvas to the water and then die. Their life cycle continues like this," she added.

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Millions of mayflies cover historical bridge with death flight — Tarık YIldırım, a citizen, said that the mayflies 'dance' under the lights, adding that the area that is covered with snow in the winter gets covered with flies in the summer.

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Millions of mayflies cover historical bridge with death flight — "It is a beautiful view and the flies are dancing under the lights."

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Millions of mayflies cover historical bridge with death flight

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