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The male Eastern Dobsonfly has two long mandibles (jaws) about half the length of its body. The female has small mandibles. The male's mandibles cannot hurt you, they are for grasping the female while mating. The female's bite is painful.
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Originally Posted by Sinful7' post='792222' date='Jan 5 2006, 05:15 PM
The male Eastern Dobsonfly has two long mandibles (jaws) about half the length of its body. The female has small mandibles. The male's mandibles cannot hurt you, they are for grasping the female while mating. The female's bite is painful.
Of course you knew that the Dobsonfly larvae, aka Hellgrammites, make excellent bait for smallmouth bass?
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I attribute a declination in intelligence quotient common to the readers of this board to repeated, prolonged exposure to electromagnetic waves emitted from superconductors in our respective personal computing devices.
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I but if you looked at a Gnat under a microscope you'd see nothing but teeth!
WHats up with the God's creation of the deer fly? Its like the B17 stealth and your bleeding BEFORE you feel it.MF!
WHats up with the God's creation of the deer fly? Its like the B17 stealth and your bleeding BEFORE you feel it.MF!