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Female Dobsonfly

Posted by June 16th, 2007 at 12:00 am

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Dobsonflies and Fishflies

Dobsonfly pictures
Hi!
Found this bug in Llano, Texas by the Llano River. Snatched her off of a tree for a photo op. Wikipedia says females have a noxious spray that they release when provoked, but I didn’t get sprayed. Love your site and your humorous replies.
Jay Rascoe
Houston, TX

Hi Jay,
We really appreciate your photos of a female Dobsonfly since we just commented that we haven’t received many reports of Dobsonflies this year. We have also heard that the females release a noxious odor from another contributor.

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