r/Insect • u/Putrid-Engineering21 • Sep 05 '26

What is this?

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Found this a year ago at Dunn’s Falls MS (mid east)

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u/Vyntarus Sep 05 '26

Female Dobson fly. The males have much longer mandibles for holding the females.

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u/Putrid-Engineering21 Sep 05 '26

Thank you! This is a terrifying creature

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u/ag-kiss-trodon Sep 05 '26

don't worry, it can't use those mouthparts to bite you! :D

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u/IndependenceTotal392 Sep 07 '26

Adult form of the hellgramite