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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodes)
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Ok... - Chauliodes
Copyright © 2007 Tzila "Z" Duenzl

Ok... - Chauliodes
Elm Fork Preserve, Carrollton, Dallas County, Texas, USA
March 22, 2007
Size: approx. 3"
...this is the strangest insect I have ever seen! Any ideas? Was on a cattail leaf. VERY big (see size above). It was on the cattail when I got to the Preserve at about 11:30 am and still there, in the same spot, when I got back to the pond at about 3 pm after walking the mile trail around the Preserve. I took pics both times, and see no difference in them.
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Contributed by Tzila "Z" Duenzl on 22 March, 2007 - 9:49pm
Last updated 26 April, 2007 - 4:43pm

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I think this is your bug:
A female.
… Sean McCann, 23 March, 2007 - 7:11am login or register to post comments

Dobsonfly
Probably a dobsonfly.
… Brad Barnd, 22 March, 2007 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

A guess: antlion
Very pretty, in an odd way. Looks like it's dressed in its finery.
… Ron Hemberger, 22 March, 2007 - 10:50pm login or register to post comments

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