Dobsonfly larvae live in the water but can breathe both in the water and on land. Most of their development happens during the larval stage, which in itself is made up of 10 to 12 stages.

Should you touch a dobsonfly, the wings are soft, almost feathery. Now, ... Dobsonflies do not eat as adults. They leave the eating to the larvae. To hellgrammite and back.

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 ...

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.

Although the adult dobsonfly is not capable of eating food and only lives about a week, its larva is quite a different story. This ferocious creature known as a hellgrammite lives in the water and ...

During the rest of the winter, hellbenders spend their time snacking on crayfish and giant dobsonfly larvae. The newly hatched larvae start packing on the calories as fast as they can with smaller ...

The lifespan of a dobsonfly is three to five years, but the vast majority of its life is spent underwater — as a hellgrammite. Anglers know the hellgrammite as a centipede-looking critter found ...

As larvae, they are called ... The hellgrammites and adult Dobsonfly insects can often be used as bait for bass as long as you watch out for the pinchers, according to Reddit users.

Eventually, odd-looking larvae bust from these natal enclosures and drop into the stream below. ... The adult stage is known as a dobsonfly, and what a bug it is.

Their Sept. 19 search for the larvae of the water penny beetle was not in vain. Students also found mayfly nymphs, stonefly nymphs, snails, caddisfly larvae and dobsonfly larvae.