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Tisza mayfly
Palingenia longicauda (Tisza mayfly · Tisza mayfly)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 Its brief, impressive mass emergence on the Tisza River between mid- and late June is well known (Danube News).
- 💡 The University of Bonn in Germany and Eszterházy Károly University in Eger conducted restoration research by catching females on the Tisza River, hatching their eggs, and releasing young larvae into German rivers (Danube News).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Tisza mayfly is the largest mayfly in Europe, emerging all at once in a brief and spectacular display in early summer.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Body size was not confirmed in the available source. Larvae are known to live on the clay and mud bottoms of medium to large rivers.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Known in literature since the 17th century, it emerges in huge numbers in mid- to late June. In the 20th century it disappeared from central European rivers due to pollution and river channelization, and today lives only in the Tisza River, some of its tributaries, and the Rába River in Hungary.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2023) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/162571250/162571252
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 4C55H
- • iucnredlist.org — 162571252
- • wikidata.org — Q4865505
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Tiszavirágzás a Tiszainokai kikötőnél, 2011. június 13
- • danube-iad.eu — 2008-New home for the Tisza mayfly Palingenia-DanubeNews-Tit
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.