#hellgrammite

[musiclovingmoth]

pretty princesses

[jenfoundabug]

Yay! I’ve finally found an adult dobsonfly and she’s beautiful 😍

I know this is a female because of her mouthparts. Males of this species have huge mandibles, but despite their intimidating appearance, they can’t really bite. Females, however, can deliver a painful bite in self-defense.

Dobsonflies can get rather large. For scale, her body is 2.5 inches (6.35 cm) long!

Their larvae (aka hellgrammites) are vicious aquatic predators. Adults are not thought to eat and only live for about a week.

Corydalus cornutus, North Carolina, US

[gingersnooze]

Realized I never posted these but this was just a bunch of sketches of the royale guys, I like to think the markings on goliaths skin is more akin to fossils imbedded in stone since the wiki page for goliaths say something about their skin looking like it was carved from stone

[thelibratrix]

I need everyone to know that whenever Clint talks in character as Hellgrammite this is who I'm picturing

[peanutsandbitterstep]

[captaincremepuff]

Royale PCs?? In MY tomodachi save?? It's more likely than you think.

[emberbard]

drawing as many of these wizards as I can part 1 (click for better quality)

[onenicebugperday]

Eastern dobsonfly, Corydalus cornutus, Corydalidae

Found throughout the eastern United States and up into Canada.

Photo 1 (adult female) by tmurray74, 2 (adult male) by togatiya, 3 (larva - aka hellgrammite) by kellysmith, and 4 (pupa) by muir