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This is the eastern dobsonfly larva, also known as a hellgrammite. I always assumed they were solely aquatic. Apparently, I was mistaken. I found this one under a rock in the cave while I was looking for salamanders. The cave was completely devoid of water. I read this detailed account of the eastern dobsonfly and found out the larva is capable of existing in or out of water. Until now, I had only seem them in streams. For more information: entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/eastern_dobsonfly.htm bugguide.net/node/view/4873/bgimage

title	Corydalus cornutus, larva, Nice Gneiss Cave, Davidson-Arabia Mountain Nature Preserve, Dekalb County, Georgia 1
date yyyymmdd hr:mn	2010:09:19 12:02:50
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