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Kōrero: Native plants and animals – overview

Mayfly

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Mayfly

In New Zealand 40 species of Ephemeroptera (mayflies) have been classified in eight families, although the list is not complete. Mayflies are one of the most primitive orders of winged insect still living. Many of New Zealand’s mayfly species are endemic.

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Department of Conservation

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by Dick Veitch

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Bob Brockie, Native plants and animals – overview – Alpine, wetland and coastal animals, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/10606/mayfly (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Bob Brockie, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.