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Dobsonfly
by: Moni

Joe
Yes, dobsonflies do occur in Colorado.
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Caught by surprize!
by: Joe

I got one of these bugs with big pinchers caught in my hair. It looks alot like this Dobsonfly, only it's about 2 inches long and seems to have a longer, more slender body. Do these things grow in Colorado? I have a picture, But I don't know how to submit it.
Dobsonfly male
by: Moni

David
Wow! What a find! I want to see one too! Have seen female here but not the male.
Your photo is of a dobsonfly male. The females do not have the long 'pinchers', but can bite or pinch more effectively than the males.
These insects are found near fast flowing streams so there must be one near by. The adults come to lights at night. Adults do not feed.
Larvae are aquatic predators, living in streams. Two-three years are spent in larval stage, at end of this time larvae crawl out of stream and form a pupal cell under a log, rock, etc. and then overwinter. Adults emerge spring to summer.
These are found thru out the eastern half of North America.
I am jealous!

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