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Photo#193517
Big Bug - Hagenius brevistylus

Big Bug - Hagenius brevistylus
Groton - Nashua River, Massachusetts, USA
June 22, 2008
Size: large
Found this guy on a leave near the river.

Moved

Moved
Moved from Dragonflies.

I'm guessing
that it's a dead, dehydrated dragonfly nymph. Those things down the middle of the body that are parallel with the long axis would be wing buds.

 
Correct
Dragonhunter HERE

 
Very cool
that's a new one to me. : )

This is the underside
so it's hard to be sure, but it could be a large beetle (compare below)



I cropped your original picture to show as much detail as possible.

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