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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalinae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalus) » Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
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Dobsonfly (Corydalus) - Corydalus cornutus - female
Copyright © 2008 Sarah McUmber-House

Dobsonfly (Corydalus) - Corydalus cornutus - Female
New London, Ralls County, Missouri, USA
July 4, 2008
Size: 3 inches long
This large insect, with two pairs of wings and impressive pincers, showed up in the porch garden in the evening of July 4th. I believe it is a female Dobsonfly. The mandible looks quite formidable, but the mandible of the male is usually much longer.
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Contributed by Sarah McUmber-House on 5 July, 2008 - 2:35am
Last updated 20 July, 2008 - 4:26am

Not an expert but...
Please see Dobsonflies (Corydalus)



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Welcome to BugGuide!
… Ron M., 5 July, 2008 - 2:47am login or register to post comments

 
Dobsonflies! Yes!
Thank you for that info. I believe you are quite correct, and that it is a female Dobsonfly.
… Sarah McUmber-House, 5 July, 2008 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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