"mayflies" in German mayflies Angelfliegen Eintagsfliegen Detailed translations for "mayflies" mayflies 1. general mayflies Angelfliegen{masculine plural} 2. zoology mayflies(also: shadflies) Eintagsfliegen{masculine plural} So, in Africa, on rainy evenings, insects called mayflies swirl around and fall into our plates. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Also, an verregneten Abenden in Afrika fallen die Eintagsfliegen massenhaft auf die Teller.