Old black-and-white monster movies often featured giant spiders or ants rampaging through the countryside. Think of this story as a reality version of “Creature from the Black Lagoon.” Attack of the ...

Dobsonflies are a species of insect that lives in and around bodies of moving water like rivers and streams. They’re large, with a wingspan of around 5 inches. Dobsonflies spend most of their life as ...

I grew up in a small town located on the banks of the Mississippi River. Being so close to water, aquatic insects were commonplace. At times, they were actually a nuisance. I remember the year they ...

Claim to fame: The eastern dobsonfly is a very obvious insect that has a not-so-obvious connection with one of the Ozarks’ favorite pastimes — fishing. Sightings of this creature, one of the larger ...

The world’s largest flying aquatic insect, with huge, nightmarish pincers, has been discovered in China’s Sichuan province, experts say. According to the Insect Museum of West China, local villagers ...

Researchers in China have discovered what can be described as the most largest bug ever to be found alive. It is also probably the most frightening insect ever since it has snake-like fangs and an 8.3 ...

Summertime means insects with pincers might be roaming around town. On Wednesday a Twitter user posted a close-up shot of a critter with beady eyes, spotted wings and — you guessed it — pincers. "Did ...

The lifespan of a dobsonfly is three to five years, but the vast majority of its life is spent underwater — as a hellgrammite. Anglers know the hellgrammite as a centipede-looking critter found under ...

In the dark, it’s understandable that residents might be frightened by dobsonflies — the flying insects can grow up to 5 inches long and have sickle-shaped mandibles. Though the females’ jaws are ...

The world’s largest flying aquatic insect, with huge, nightmarish pincers, has been discovered in China’s Sichuan province, experts say. According to the Insect Museum of West China, local villagers ...