There are 30 species of dobsonflies in the Western Hemisphere, but only one in the U.S.: Corydalus cornutus, the eastern dobsonfly. The eastern dobsonfly is usually a drab shade of black ...

Actually, megaloptera is the insect order that includes fishflies, alderflies, and this column's insect horror star, the dobsonfly. To be specific, I am writing about the eastern dobsonfly ...

Claim to fame: The eastern dobsonfly is a very obvious insect that has a not-so-obvious connection with one of the Ozarks’ favorite pastimes — fishing. Sightings of this creature, one of the ...

(These pincers are technically called mandibles.) I learned that this critter was known as the dobsonfly. I don’t know how many years it has been since I last encountered one of these unusual ...

Muhlenberg College biology professor Marten Edwards took this photo of a dobsonfly larva in Costa Rica. As adults, they live on land, growing wings for the last, shortest portion of their lives.

Several of these odd critters were examined by the museum and found to be unusually large specimens of the giant dobsonfly, which is native to China and Vietnam. The largest one measured 21 ...

ever. What's being called the Giant Dobsonfly has an 8.3-inch wingspan and snake-like fangs. It's not entirely clear how much force would have to be applied to kill the dobsonfly or what sound is ...

Several of these odd critters were examined by the museum and found to be unusually large specimens of the giant dobsonfly, which is native to China and Vietnam. The largest one measured 21 ...

Several of these odd critters were examined by the museum and found to be unusually large specimens of the giant dobsonfly, which is native to China and Vietnam. The largest one measured 21 ...

Entomologists say the presence of the giant dobsonfly, native to China and Vietnam, is an indication of clean water nearby. According to CNN, the aquatic critters are "highly sensitive to any ...