It may not always fly, guess that's just a mayfly in the ointment.

可能不总是会飞，我猜那只是个掉在药膏里的蜉蝣吧。

Now barely 100 people had seen that invitation.The Mayfly Man only saw five women.

差不多有100人收到了这请帖 而蜉蝣男只约会了5个女人。

The mayfly said, Come play here. It is such a happy place.

蜉蝣说，来这里玩吧。这是一个快乐的地方。

Some 180m years ago, during the early part of the Jurassic period, this site was a lake where mayflies lived and swarmed to mate, as they do today, providing, as a side-effect, a feast for local insectivores.

大约1.8亿年前，在侏罗纪早期，这个地方是一个湖泊，蜉蝣生活在那里，成群交配，就像今天一样，同时也为当地的食虫动物提供了一场。

Occasionally she came to a spot where independent worlds of ephemerons were passing their time in mad carousal, some in the air, some on the hot ground and vegetation, some in the tepid and stringy water of a nearly dried pool.

有时在她经的地方，无数蜉蝣在自成一体的世界里狂飞乱舞，度的时光，有些在空中，有些在热烘烘的地上和草丛中，有些在一个几近干涸的水塘的温热粘稠的水中。

Mayflies can sometimes default to parthenogenesis if there are no males available, which is especially handy because they've only got a day or so to reproduce before dying.

蜉蝣在没有雄性存在的条件下可以转为孤雌生殖，这非常方便，因为在死亡前只有一天左右的时间进行繁殖。

Jonathan Small, today's substitute wedding photographer, known to us as the Mayfly Man.

乔纳森·斯莫尔 今天的替补婚礼摄影师 我称之为蜉蝣男。

That was enough time for 185,055 generations of mayfly-which live as little as a day-to come and go.

这相当于蜉蝣繁衍18.5055万代的时间——蜉蝣的寿命只有一天。

So those non-eating mayflies are still animals because their evolutionary histories trace back to that original animal ancestor.

所以那些不吃东西的蜉蝣仍然是动物，因为的进化史可以追溯到最初的动物祖先。

But the mayflies made the flight, which may fly in May, may fly in the face of those who may fly in a way to try to make them fly away.

但是蜉蝣可能会在5月乱飞，可能会飞到那些试图赶走人的面前。

Well, it isn't really, because, as any trout may tell you, the mayfly lives a double life.

其实并非如此任何鳟鱼都会告诉你蜉蝣着双重生活。

Also abundant were mayflies and caddis flies. These invertebrates are indicators of a healthy aquatic ecosystem.

也有大量的蜉蝣和石蛾。这些无脊椎动物是健康水生生态系统的标志。

Some animals only do these things for part of their life, like mayflies that feast as larvae, but lack mouths and guts as adults!

有些动物只在生命的一部分时间里做这些事情，比如蜉蝣，在幼虫时期大快朵颐，但成年后却没有嘴和内脏！

One day during the hot summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree.

在一个炎热的夏日，一只蜉蝣飞落到一片橡树。

Mayflies come out of rivers or streams where they develop to mate.

蜉蝣从河流或溪流中孵化出来进行交配。

The appearance of the mayfly in spring is an astonishing sight, but it doesn't last long.

春天里蜉蝣的出现蔚为壮观不这不会持续很久。

In North America, more than 150 different types of mayflies are used for making lures.

在北美有一百五十多种蜉蝣可以被用作诱饵。

No. I live much longer than you do. The mayfly nodded and asked, Really? Then, are you happy now?

不是，我比你活得要久得多。蜉蝣点点头问，真的吗？那么，你现在幸福吗？

Of course, people can hope the mayflies will chance direction on the wing, or just buzz off because they can surely bug you.

当然，人可以希望蜉蝣能飞到其他地方，或者干脆远离，因为肯定会让你感到讨厌。

Then the mayfly smiled and said, I am very happy, too. Although I get to live only one day, it doesn't matter.

然后，蜉蝣笑着说，我也很幸福。虽然我只能活一天，但没有关系。