Comments on: The Dobsonfly

By: amy

amy — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:11:49 +0000

hello….after many searches and calls i found out i have a DOBSONFLY!!! I live in Ontario Canada, is this common in this area?

By: mary sweeney

mary sweeney — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:15:04 +0000

i say this bug the other day, a child in st. albans, vermont found it, he told us what it was and that he found it on his deck. it looks prehistoric to me….but very, very interesting. i have never seen one before.

By: Todd Heusler

Todd Heusler — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:49:39 +0000

I found one of the giants at my campsite stuck to my lantern it had gotten burnt to it saw those freaky pinchers and was awestruck to bad it didnt survive.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:35:39 +0000

Kristie,
It’s good to know a bug that creepy looking is pretty harmless isn’t it!

By: kirstie

kirstie — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:32:23 +0000

I have come across this bug today at work. was looking out the window daydreaming wishing i was outside when i saw something on the one plant, i was like holy cow there is a big bug outside. my boss did not believe me when i estamated the length with my hands. I went outside to take a picture with my phone. then we decided to catch it between to paper cups which was not hard at all, then we took it out of the spiders web that it was tangled in. lucky for him this little pest got to live. we shook him out of the cup to get a closer look. was really amazed at the pinchers when we left work the little critter most have flown away probably happy that we saved him to live a few more days as they only live about 7 days into adulthood. had to investigate the net when i got home and found out it was a dobsonfly! glad that as big as its pinchers are it would not pinch me!