Green Drake Mayfly

Description:

Three 'tails'. Large wings with markings. Curved abdomen.

Habitat:

Clear stream (I cannot call it a River, as locals do) in Lower Slaughter. Village in the Cotswolds region. Hundreds had emerged and were all over the shrubs, our clothes (last photo), parked cars. I fished out one from the water but there were many dead ones floating on the water.

Notes:

The adults do not feed but serve as food (for the birds and fishes) and are referred to as aerial plankton!