10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DAYFLIES»
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dayflies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dayflies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English Mechanics and the World of Science
For there are, in various orders of inseccs, certain groups, in which the flying
females deposit their eggs in water ; the young animals are developed under
water, and only in their last stage of transformation leave the water ; gnats,
dayflies, and ...
2
The insect hunters; or, Entomology in verse [by E. Newman].
Dayflies, or Ephemerina, Form a wellknown tribe or order, Having small and short
antennae, Rather large and netlike fore wings, Very small and netlike hind wings.
When these pretty flies are resting All the wings are pointed upwards, Back to ...
3
Silkworms And Silverfish
The following tanka (short poem in thirtyone syllables) is from the Shin Kokinshû
anthology, circa 1210 A.D.42: Yûgure ni 'Tis sad to ask Inochi kaketaruIf dayflies
Kagerô no Live or not Ari ya arazuya Whose death Tou mono kanashi.
4
Favorite Flies and Their Histories
As Dayflies, orDrakes, they exist fora brief timein twodistinct stages,the subimago
(calledby Theakston the pseudoimago) and theimago;inthese forms they possess
only themost rudimentary mouthparts, and takenofood.The thorax is ...
5
Far-off Saint: Poems of Cho O-hyun
Far-Off. Saint. Today, this one day, This one day called today, The swarm of
dayflies Lay eggs and die, Saying there's nothing more to see, Having fully seen
the rising sun And the setting sun. Though I'm still alive, Having lived beyond the
time ...
6
The Hermitage of Flowing Water and Nine Others
The moon with its halo was still dimly reflected on the water of the pottery basin,
but the column of dayflies was no more. She reminisced. It was when she was
still with the school that she learned about the nature of the column of dayflies
that ...
Mu-suk Han, Sooil Rim, In-hwan Ku, 1983
7
English mechanic and world of science: with which are ...
For there are, in various orders of insects, certain groups, in which the flying
females deposit their eggs in water ; the young animals are developed under
water, and only in their last stage of transformation leave the water; goats,
dayflies, and ...
8
The Animal kingdom: the strange and wonderful ways of ...
Ephemerids,. May. Flies,. or. Dayflies .o THOSE who live inland, near a small,
muddy stream or pond, the May fly is an exquisitely graceful insect, with ethereal,
glistening wings, a slender, curved, beige-colored body, and two or three long,
thin ...
Frederick Drimmer, George Gilbert Goodwin, 1954
9
Humanism; philosophical essays
shall, in some measure, find. Like a rainbow, Life glitters Tn~aU~th~e~ colours ;
like a rainbow also it adjusts ifself to every_ beholder. To the dayflies of fashion
life seems ephemeral~} To- the seeker after permanence, it strikes its roots into ...
Ferdinand Canning Scott Schiller, 1912
10
Little Dipper: Roots of Healing ? Tides of Change
The dayflies by. Earlier the snow turned torain,and now it is back tosnow again.
Another walk? Yes! The windis risingand whistling inthe wires. Water from
melting snow is flowing out of cracks and crevices everywhere, creating little
rivulets ...
Marlene Denessen, PhD, 2010
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DAYFLIES»
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dayflies is used in the context of the following news items.
Concerns With the Classical Music World in the 21st Century
We now have Vitamin Music, Mozart Effect, Muzak, Ex Mix and the dayflies of the musical world; there are 50 million piano students, there are ... «Huffington Post, Nov 12»
