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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalinae) » Dobsonflies (Corydalus) » Eastern Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus)
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strange bug - Corydalus cornutus
Copyright © 2010 jean c

strange bug - Corydalus cornutus
Washington Depot, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
June 29, 2010
Size: about 5-6"
this bug was seen near a river in Washington Depot, Ct. It was about 5" long (w/o the feelers) we watched it for about 15 min and it did not seem to fly...it crawled very slowly. I have never seen anything like this before. Does anyone know what it is?
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Contributed by jean c on 30 June, 2010 - 10:49am
Last updated 11 July, 2010 - 8:41pm

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 July, 2010 - 8:41pm login or register to post comments

This is male Dobsonfly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly
… cummings95, 30 June, 2010 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
Thank you very much for the response..... In all the pictures I have seen of the Dobsonfly the antennae are a very dark color and the wings are also dark. Is this one unusual in that its wings are silver and the antennae are whitish, almost transparent?
… jean c, 30 June, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

 
It may have just emerged
from the pupa. It'll probably darken over time. I have moved this image into the Guide, and frassed the other two (one was much like this one; the other was taken from an odd angle).
… Ken Wolgemuth, 11 July, 2010 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
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… jean c, 30 June, 2010 - 10:54am login or register to post comments

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