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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodinae) » Dysmicohermes » Dysmicohermes disjunctus

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Flying termite, beetle, or ? - Dysmicohermes disjunctus

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
July 10, 2007
Size: 50 mm body length

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Contributed by aldoman on 12 July, 2007 - 2:07am
Last updated 28 August, 2009 - 10:33pm

Moved

Moved from Dysmicohermes.

… Tim Loh, 28 August, 2009 - 10:33pm

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Moved

Moved from Dobsonflies and Fishflies.

… Tim Loh, 28 August, 2009 - 10:33pm

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buggy!

well i looked up Dobsonflies, and Fishflies.....and after a few hours of investigating my roommates and i have come to this conclusion....we saw no...no...pictures of both of these flies,dobson and fish, that can support that it is one of these. i saw one of these bugs and and know what it looks like. it is not one of these. so lets all try again...what kind of bug is this?

… tristin, 31 May, 2009 - 6:57pm

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Pretty sure this is a Fishfly

Pretty sure this is a Fishfly in the family Sialidae, order Megaloptera. It's a sister group to the larger Dobsonflies. Nice find!

… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 12 July, 2007 - 3:51am

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I believe

I do believe its a female dobsonfly.... the pic is a little dark but did the face look like this? http://bugguide.net/node/view/24330

… Joshua Rowe, 12 July, 2007 - 6:13am

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It looks more like a Fishfly

It looks more like a Fishfly to me.

… Jonathan Burishkin, 12 July, 2007 - 7:35am

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Agreed.

I haven't ever seen a dobsonfly in the Pacific Northwest, but we do have fishflies up there.

… Eric R. Eaton, 12 July, 2007 - 1:53pm

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A little more Web research ...

It might be Neohermes californicus

… aldoman, 14 July, 2007 - 12:53am

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Most likely, but ...

The mandibles are much smaller even than those of female dobsonflies (which implies a fishfly), but the antennae are not combed/feathered at all (confirmed by looking at all my pics of it). The limited research I've done on the Web implies that fishflies always have combed/feathered antennae, which is used as positive ID to separate them from dobsonflies.

… aldoman, 12 July, 2007 - 2:25pm

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