World's largest aquatic insect specimen found in China - CNN.com

Dayum dat's one helluva big bug ger !

 

that's a big un, wouldn't want that hitting your visor

 

Thanks Shadow - that is indeed a bloody beauty! I'll do a bit more digging on it and post up.

Meanwhile, for wheelnut, the definitive identification tool for insects hitting the windscreen





Cheers, SB

 

'Tis a Giant Dobson Fly

Giant dobsonflies are native to China and Vietnam, and are generally regarded not as monsters, but as indicators of good water quality.They thrive only in clean water and are highly sensitive to changes in the water's pH level, and to the presence of trace elements of pollutants. Any slight contamination, and the giant dobsonfly will move on to seek cleaner habitations.

The largest specimen the museum got hold of measured 8.27 inches (21 centimeters) when its wings were open, busting the original record for largest aquatic insect held by a South American helicopter damselfly, which had a wingspan of 7.5 inches (19.1 centimeters).



This, like motorcycles and shiny things, excites me greatly!!

Again, thanks Shadow.

Cheers, SB

 

Hell I thought for a second that was a Sunday Roast in South Africa

 

What do they eat? Small monkeys?

 

+1 WTF do they eat with mandibles that size?

 

Great for picking out earwax!

Entomologists are nothing if not inventive...............

Cheers, SB

 

They'd easily eradicate the Global Dingleberry problem

 

We should be that lucky, with the current meat prices

We're stuck with monkey, snakes, monitor lizzards and the odd turkey vulture for Sundays............................

https://www.google.com/search?q=heli...w=1024&bih=682

Bound to get Bear's attention.............The damselfly is a WIMP compared to this horny bug ger !

And no, there's no chance of me becoming an amateur entomologist. You'd need a 20 gauge to bring one of those things down !