Comments on: Dobsonfly Gets Screwed http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/13/dobsonfly-gets-screwed/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TanukiBlue http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2009/07/13/dobsonfly-gets-screwed/comment-page-1/#comment-7534 TanukiBlue Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:06:29 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=17081#comment-7534 That is just horrible. I've encountered a couple of these guys in RL and they are completely inoffensive. They can't even bite effectively with those goony jaws! (However, watch out for the ladies of the species, as THOSE can deliver a painful nip with their short and well-muscled mandibles.) My reaction to the first one I ever saw was immense curiosity. It was a really poor flier and it was pretty clear to me from the way the male's jaws were shaped that it couldn't possibly deliver anything more than a gentle squeeze. I've handled male Dobsonflies and find them adorable in their goony, goofy way of moving about. You wouldn't get me to hold a female, though. That is just horrible. I’ve encountered a couple of these guys in RL and they are completely inoffensive. They can’t even bite effectively with those goony jaws! (However, watch out for the ladies of the species, as THOSE can deliver a painful nip with their short and well-muscled mandibles.)

My reaction to the first one I ever saw was immense curiosity. It was a really poor flier and it was pretty clear to me from the way the male’s jaws were shaped that it couldn’t possibly deliver anything more than a gentle squeeze. I’ve handled male Dobsonflies and find them adorable in their goony, goofy way of moving about. You wouldn’t get me to hold a female, though.

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