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Photo#199383
Buggy boy from inside the screen of my office windown - Acroneuria

Buggy boy from inside the screen of my office windown - Acroneuria
Williamston, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
July 9, 2008
Size: 1.5 inches long
could not find this guy in our searching!

Moved
Moved from Common Stoneflies.

Probably...
Acroneuria. There are a few species that look very similar as adults, so that's about as far as I can take this one for now.

Probably a perlid
The adults of Perlidae are a bit difficult to sort out (the nymphs are quite a bit easier), so I'll have to leave it at family probability for now.

This looks like a Dobsonfly t
This looks like a Dobsonfly to me-you may want to try looking that up to compre it to. However, the Dobsonfly has pinchers on the mouth area and I didn't notice any in the picture you posted. Just a thought.

 
has nothing to do with dobsonflies
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look in stoneflies (Plecoptera)
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