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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodes)
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Larva - Chauliodes
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Larva - Chauliodes
Bolton, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 2, 2005
Size: ~24mm
Found inside a damp rotten log, and would jump backwards to get away. Is it a Dobsonfly or another similar larva?
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Contributed by tom murray on 9 May, 2005 - 8:03pm
Last updated 3 August, 2005 - 3:23pm

Corydalidae.
Definitely of the family Corydalidae. I don't know beyond that.
… Eric R. Eaton, 28 July, 2005 - 3:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Posterior
breathing tubes and the lack of gill tufts at the bases of the lateral filaments suggests one of the fishflies, Chauliodinae.
The prepupal stage (out of the water) can last up to two weeks prior to a short pupation.
… Kerry S. Matz, 2 August, 2005 - 7:51am login or register to post comments

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