spp.) resting on the outside wall near the entrance of my school. The males have HUGE mandibles (mouthparts), but they are harmless; the less threatening-looking females have a painful bite! Don't mess with female insects! Check out her cool-looking antennae!
, it had earlier been a nymph called a "hellgramite". The large, aquatic nymph is as scary looking as its name. (See next photo)
(Dobsonfly larva)! It is not hard to see that those wicked jaws could deliver quite an unpleasant bite. We found this one in a stream during the AMSE Science Camp.
