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Nearctic Alderfly with eggs - Sialis

Nearctic Alderfly with eggs - Sialis
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area, Palo, Linn County, Iowa, USA
June 21, 2009
Size: ~2 cm (ex. antennae)
Clinging to cattail leaf at edge of lake and associated with mass of brown eggs. Dobsonfly?

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yes, Sialis
nice series

Appears to be a Sialid. A sal
Appears to be a Sialid. A salmon fly I think they're called. Dobson's are enormous, this definitely isn't a fishfly either

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