0 Tisa's Flower, The Period of Ancient Insects Her life Just 3 Hours

Palingenia Longicauda or also known as Tisa's Flower is an ancient insect species. Insect species is thought to have originated from 200 million ago. One place the appearance of this insect is in the Tisa River.
Tisa River is one of the last sanctuaries where these insects emerge every year in very large quantities. This is a rare spectacle, "wedding dance" on the Tisa River.

Only a few days in June each year (not even every year) Tisa's Flower was born, ka'win, and death. During the 3 hours will all be over, life is short. Insects of this type do not have mouths, they live only for ka'win and die.

Life is very short, but very beautiful This is truly a rare sight that is difficult to be told only through pictures or words.

It is interesting to witness the phenomenon, which is one of the most beautiful phenomenon that only lasts for 5 days only in June. Thousands of these insects fly with zeal to meet the entire river.

Insects Palingenia Longicauda this is one of the insects "mayfly" the largest in Europe. Male insects can reach 12 cm in length, from head to tail. This insect is in the larval period for 3 years. Over the past 3 years, the larvae are in the riverbed.

But his life is very short which is 3 hours. Once born they grow up, in pairs and then immediately die. These insects have a unique wing, wings will change their skin after mancapai main functions.

Tisa's Flower growing up just one time. And at mid-June, at 5:00 to 6:00 PM, they will dance on the river in large groups. Then they'll change the skin on the tree, on land, or wherever they place hinggapi.

This phenomenon is known by the name of Tissa Blooming or splitting of Tisa. After they grow up in full (after a few seconds they change the skin), male insects have only a few hours only to find their partner and berpsangan females before they die.

After pairing or mating, the female insects flying down the river to see if their eggs already in the river and fell into the riverbed. Then the egg would become larvae within 45 days and will hatch after 3 years.

These insects are insects that are sensitive to pollution. If they were in a river, the river must have a clean river. Besides as an indicator of the environment, insects are also foods that are good for fish, so that some anglers use these insects as bait in their fishing rods.

Currently, insect Palingenia longicauda already extinct in some European countries and can only be found in Serbia and Hungary.