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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalus) » Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
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Dobsonfly - Corydalus cornutus - male
Copyright © 2005 Robert Burr

Dobsonfly - Corydalus cornutus - Male
Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 2, 2005
Size: 3 to 4 inches
This Bug was on the back patio around the lights. Any Ideas what it may be. Thanks
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Contributed by Robert Burr on 4 August, 2005 - 2:01pm
Last updated 25 June, 2009 - 6:46am

Moved
Moved from Dobsonflies.
… v belov, 25 June, 2009 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

Corydalus
Giant Devil Bug is the name that my friends and I gave one of those, but it's actually a male Corydalus.
… Crystal Maier, 4 August, 2005 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Dobsonfly
Looks like a male Dobsonfly. See here.
… Matthew Roth, 4 August, 2005 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thank you Matthew ,,First time I have ever seen one of those. Keep up the good work ,,Im sure you will go far in your interest. Thanks again and for the fast reply too.
… Robert Burr, 4 August, 2005 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
Can you lighten the photo up a bit. I will move it to the guide. Once you lighten the photo just click on edit and reload the photo.
… Matthew Roth, 4 August, 2005 - 2:15pm login or register to post comments

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