dobsonfly

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Synonyms for dobsonfly

large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male

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Believe it or not, young dobsonflies are called hellgrammites.
Multiple mating and lifetime reproductive output in female dobsonflies that receive nuptial gifts.
Dobsonflies spend most of their 2- to 5-year lives as freshwater larvae called hellgrammites.
Megalopterans are among the most primitive of winged insects in the world (Aspock et al., 2001) and include two families: Corydalidae (dobsonflies and fishflies) and Sialidae (alderflies).
Although maximum running and flying speeds in insects scale positively with body size (Dudley 2000, 2002; Bonner 2006), flying insects usually escape flying predators not by speed, but by maneuverability (Cloudsley-Thompson 1980) and acceleration, both of which are inversely proportional to body size (Dudley 2000, 2002) (e.g., syrphid flies vs large beetles, dobsonflies, mantids, etc.: McLachlan et al.