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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodinae) » Dark Fishflies (Nigronia) » Saw-combed Fishfly (Nigronia serricornis)
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Antlion sp.? - Nigronia serricornis
Copyright © 2008 Roger Rittmaster

Antlion sp.? - Nigronia serricornis
Linville Gorge area on Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina, USA
June 7, 2008
Size: about 1.5 inches
There were lots of these flying low in the brush along the Linville River.
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Contributed by Roger Rittmaster on 14 June, 2008 - 2:18pm
Last updated 23 June, 2008 - 6:03pm

Moved
Moved from Dark Fishflies.
… john and jane balaban, 23 June, 2008 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

I would
say more likely a: Dark Fishfly (Genus: Nigronia)
I don't know much about these so I could be wrong.
Here is what they look like:
… Jonathan Burishkin, 14 June, 2008 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, Nigronia
Hi Roger, and yes, GypsumWolf is correct, this is a Nigronia--there are only two species, and it may be possible to tell them apart, but I've never been sure. I've seen them along the Eno in May.
… Cotinis, 14 June, 2008 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

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