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Photo#40353
Alderfly--detail - Sialis

Alderfly--detail - Sialis
Ellerbee Creek headwaters, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 7, 2005
Size: 16 mm
A detail of the same individual photographed by Josh Rose:



This shows the head without ocelli (simple eyes), a characteristic of Sialidae versus Corydalidae (fishflies). The antennae are threadlike, perhaps, with segmentation and hairs. I don't know how characteristic the antennae are for this family, but antennae are often helpful for recognizing groups in the neuroptera/megaloptera.