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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Alderflies, Dobsonflies, and Fishflies (Megaloptera) » Dobsonflies and Fishflies (Corydalidae) » Fishflies (Chauliodinae) » Chauliodes » Summer Fishfly (Chauliodes pectinicornis)
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large fly? what is this? - Chauliodes pectinicornis
Copyright © 2010 Tim Martin

large fly? what is this? - Chauliodes pectinicornis
Madison, Madison County, Alabama, USA
August 13, 2010

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large fly? what is this? - Chauliodes pectinicornis large fly? what is this? - Chauliodes pectinicornis
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Contributed by Tim Martin on 15 August, 2010 - 12:18pm
Last updated 2 February, 2015 - 6:18pm

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… Brady Richards, 12 February, 2011 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 September, 2010 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

Female Dobsonfly?
I'd imagine with all the rivers being swollen around there, Dobsonflies will be numerous. Females and larvae can deliver nasty bites (AKA "Hellgrammites", a popular river-fish bait), but the males HUGE tusks are pretty much just for show. Watch your fingers!

Someone else may be able to further tell you about it. I could possibly be wrong and it might be a Fishfly, but those look like the jaws of a f. Dobsonfly.
… Cassie Novak, 15 August, 2010 - 12:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Fishfly, I think.
Compare the jaws and antennae...

Fishfly:

Dobsonfly:
… Ken Wolgemuth, 15 August, 2010 - 4:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Fishfly
That looks a lot more like it. It didn't have Dobsonfly-esque big jaws. The attenae looked rather moth-like to my uneducated eye.
… Tim Martin, 15 August, 2010 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Dobsonfly
I thought it might be something like that. It didn't look scary but as I didn't know what it could do, I treated with a little care. As far as rivers being swollen...we are actually in a minidrought, it hasn't rained all that much other than scattered showers the last month and a half.
… Tim Martin, 15 August, 2010 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

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