From the shape of the insect , michael s. engel , an entomologist at the university of kansas , identified it as a mayfly , one of the first groups of flying insects .
从虫子的外形看,堪萨斯州大学昆虫学家迈克尔s恩格尔认定它为一种最早的飞虫蜉蝣类。
But what about this insect called the mayfly .
但这种昆虫叫蜉蝣.
His calling was the short story-a form with " the life expectancy of a mayfly " , he conceded .
他的创作重心是短篇这种文学形式的“生命周期可比蜉蝣”,他也曾这样承认过。
Fables from a mayfly : what I tell you three times .
蜉蝣寓言:我说三次就是真话。
An adult mayfly lives but one day , and that day is devoted entirely to pleasure .