Fishfly Larva
Facts
- Carnivorous and may bite
- Develop during period of one to three years
Description
- Mouth has large, chewing pinchers
- Retractable breathing tubes extend from top of abdomen (not visible without magnification)
- Smooth underside
- Abdominal segments with many strand-like appendages extending from each side
- Three pairs of legs on middle section of body with tiny pinchers at the end of each
- Back end is forked with two short tails and two hooks on each tail
- Light colored
- Often confused with hellgramite (dobson fly larva) but does not have fluffy gills on underside
- abdomen
- appendages
- carnivorous
- retractable
- segmented