Categories
Stoneflies and Snowfliesdobson-fly? With Orange neck?
Found on the side of a building by the New Brunswick/Maine border. After looking at your site I believe this might be a type of Dobson Fly, cigar shaped body, 4 inches in length, clear wings. There does not appear to be mandibles and unlike the pictures on your website this one has a flourescent orange neck. Hoping you can open the attachments! Same one in both pics! Sorry about the poor quality!
This is a Common Stonefly in the family Perlidae. BugGuide has images, including one with a ruler showing the size 4 inches, and one showing the orange color of the neck, and they identify the genus as Perlesta or perhaps Pteronarcys pictetii. While we can’t exactly confirm the genus or species, we are confident this is a Common Stonefly.
Related Posts
- Common Stonefly (April 27, 2008)
- Alderfly not Stonefly (May 14, 2007)
- Common Stonefly (June 11, 2008)
- Golden Stonefly (April 3, 2008)
- Common Stonefly Naiad (January 23, 2006)
Post a Comment
You must be logged in to post a comment.