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Dobsonfly
Corydalus cornutus (Linnaeus)
35.9177, -83.1259
Field Notes
Description:
This male showed up one evening and stayed the entire next day.
Habitat:
Hilly, wooded. Not much of a stream nearby, don't know where the hellgrammites hatched from.
Notes:
Recognition between male and female lies in the mandibles: the male has short ones (that don't hurt us if we get bit...), the female's mandibles are about half as long as the body, and hurt. If I were going to design a "steampunk" insect, I'd start here! The wings look like armor plates.
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