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 ...

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 ...

LHDnets tweeted. "Who is this?!" Someone replied that the insect was a dobsonfly. Another responder pointed to sightings of dobsonflies in recent years around Burlington documented on ...

Luckily, other users were quick to name the bug. One user said it looked like a female Dobsonfly, which are found in eastern North America, according to the Entomology and Nematology Department at ...

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 ...

After being discovered in Sichuan Province, it was examined by experts at the Insect Museum of West China where it was found to be an unusually big specimen of the giant dobsonfly. It measured ...