Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order MEGALOPTERA

Family CORYDALIDAE

(Dobsonflies)

(Table of Species)

Included in this family (22 NA spp; 3 MN spp) are the large aquatic dobsonflies (Corydalus spp) and the somewhat smaller fishflies (Chauliodes, Nigronia). Only Chauliodes rastricornis has been collected at Cedar Creek at light. The larvae are predators found in streams/marshland.


jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000