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sarah58 East Newnan, GA Aug 13, 2011

my daughter found this bug in her house.it was brought in from grocery bags. it has three eyes and alotof pincher's on it no one knows what it is. i wold like to find out. we live in Georgia. never seen a bug like this in Ga.anyone no. ?thanks

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 13, 2011

Something in the Fishfly family.

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flatpickit Charleston, SC Aug 13, 2011

This looks like a female Eastern Dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus. The males have even larger mandibles. Fisherman love to fish with its larval stage, which are called Hellgrammites.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4873

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sarah58 East Newnan, GA Aug 13, 2011

thank you very much flatpickit for the Info .

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This looks like a female Eastern Dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus. The males have even larger mandibles. Fisherman love to fish with its larval stage, which are called Hellgrammites.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4873


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bekybaby01 Milford, ME Aug 26, 2011

i have one too. In Maine

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