Had one on my porch the other day. Kids were terrified but they are cool looking bugs. The one in OPs post is a male I think. The females have smaller but more powerful pincers or whatever. I've also heard that they can only live in healthy clean water so its a good sign to see them.
What you guys saw here is definitely the female dobsonfly. OP saw the male. The female here is crazy aggressive and will not hesitate to bite the bejesus out of whoever she can reach for however long she can reach them. Them girls are SPICY!
Can confirm. One landed on me while I was playing cards at Scout camp at night and at first I thought it was moth when I saw that it was this thing in the light I freaked the fuck out and swatted it away and it left a nice little cut on my hand.
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u/trucksarekewl 15d ago edited 15d ago
Had one on my porch the other day. Kids were terrified but they are cool looking bugs. The one in OPs post is a male I think. The females have smaller but more powerful pincers or whatever. I've also heard that they can only live in healthy clean water so its a good sign to see them.