Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: What is this nasty looking critter?, 1 by LEO88
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LEO88 wrote: they look threatening... but the large mandibles are used to hold the female during mating. Like so many adult aquatic insects, their life is short... adult dobsonflies only live about a week... they do not eat as adults; mating is their sole purpose. photo is a larval dobsonfly... a "hellgrammite"... a favorite trout food. |