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Fishfly

Posted by August 23rd, 2006 at 12:00 am

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Dobsonflies and Fishflies

night flying insect
Hi,
This is a night flying insect i see every year at this time . i love to watch them fly around my porch at night. There wings are like fairies in flight . I call them the fairy bug . There so cool. can you please tell me what it is? thank you so much…
celine m devlin

Hi Celine,
This is a Fishfly in the genus Chauliodes. It is in the same family as Dobsonflies. Fishflies are often attractred to lights at night and are found near bodies of water.

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