Dobsonfly Larvae

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=82 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#33CCFF" FACE="Comic Sans MS" ><B>Seven  Creeks  Roadside  Spring Water</B></FONT><B>     |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Seven Creeks Roadside Spring Water"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id824.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spiritual"><B><IMG SRC="0720e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A><B>  </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>    </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>  </B><A HREF="id804.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Caddisfly Larvae"><B><IMG SRC="0730e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=450 BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> A dobsonfly is a very large insect...one of America's largest at 4"-5" long in it's adult state and is nocturnal. Their larval state is better known as a hellgramite and fisherman use them as bait. The larval state lives under rocks in well-aerated streams, eating anything it can that floats by. They pupate after 2-4 years into the adult state. Males have large mandibles that are used solely to hold onto the female during mating. The females maintain the sharp pincers they had as larva. </div> <div> Apparently dobsonflies are an "indicator" species...only surviving in very clean environments.  The larvae can pinch, so keep fingers away from head. This information taken from the following web site.</div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.dobsonfly.com/WhatIsADobsonfly.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.dobsonfly.com/WhatIsADobsonfl">http://www.dobsonfly.com/WhatIsADobsonfly.html</A></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=398 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#111111" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <I>Dobsonfly Larvae</I></div> <div> <IMG SRC="1c8abfc20.jpg" border=0 width="191" height="194" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>