dobsonfly in English
noun
1
a large gray North American winged insect related to the alderflies. Its predatory aquatic larva (the hellgrammite) is often used as fishing bait.
Eastern dobsonflies live east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States and Canada.
noun
dobson
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1. Bristletail is the second hatched daughter of Ebony and Dobsonfly and is a hivewing/nightwing hybrid
2. These insects belong to the order Megaloptera, which means "big wings." This order includes the smaller fishflies and Alderflies.The eastern dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus), with a wingspan of almost 6 inches, is the largest Megalopteran in the northeast.