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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodes) » Summer Fishfly (Chauliodes pectinicornis)
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Fishfly Portrait - Chauliodes pectinicornis - male
Copyright © 2004 Tony DiTerlizzi

Fishfly Portrait - Chauliodes pectinicornis - Male
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
June 6, 2004
Came to our porch light at night. It was captured, chilled, photographed, and released. This is the same individual as:

The color detail on these is just awesome.
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Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 8 June, 2004 - 11:29am
Last updated 27 July, 2004 - 8:24pm

C. pectinicornis
Seems to be C. pectinicornis, acc. to key in Megaloptera of Florida. (1) Light yellow markings on dark background of head and pronotum are supposed to be the basis.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 10 November, 2004 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

lovely photo, still present in North Carolina
We had a big burst of these at lights about a month ago down here in the warm Piedmont of North Carolina. I am still seeing them lights into June.

I didn't realize there were only two species in North America. Maybe we could even key them out! Hmm. I've seen a couple of specimens that look different than the abundant ones I see--those might be the two, or perhaps another genus. I see several listed at NC State.
NCSU lists pectinicornis with 36 specimens, rastricornis with 6. That's about the ratio of the two types I've seen. Speculation, but plausible speculation! I'll post one of the "others".

None of the field guides illustrate Chauliodes--I guess Dobson flies get all the glory. I always thought these were Dobsonflies until bugguide set me straight.
Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 8 June, 2004 - 2:36pm login or register to post comments

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