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Gray fishfly

Neohermes sp.

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

1 1/2" long. Photos 1-4 are of an individual spotted at the back of my house, photo 5 is a different one under my front porch lamp.

Habitat:

Semi rural

Reference Links:

I cannot figure out what this is - Neohermes - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
KarenL
Thanks Tamar! Mystery solved!
ForestDragon
I love the antennae, btw. They look like beads strung together!
ForestDragon
Genus Neohermes: http://bugguide.net/node/view/8547 I'll leave it to you to try to figure out which species. There isn't a whole lot of info on Bugguide and only a few images (comparatively). Antennae and body match. There doesn't seem to be a common name for these. I don't know if they are Fishflies or Dobsonflies but they are related to both.
KarenL
I wondered that Todd, but all the examples on bugguide I could see had large "horns" like this one http://bugguide.net/node/view/547295/bgimage

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PublishedJune 1, 2013

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