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Dobsonfly

Archivhauliodes diversus

Photo by Liam OBrien
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Giant aquatic fly. Huge mandibles. Creepy in a fantastic kind of way...

Habitat:

Streams/rivers

Notes:

It lifted its jaws when felt threatened.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (1)
ForestDragon
Neat find, Liam! Do you have any other views of this magnificent insect? The scientific name that you have applied to this insect, Archivhauliodes diversus, is a species from New Zealand that is not found in North America. Here is a link to the BugGuide page for Family Corydalidae. Please take a browse through the pages and see if you can find a match for your insect: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3609/bgpage If you have additional images it would be very helpful for ID purposes! :-)

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PublishedJuly 8, 2013

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