Project Watershed Central New York
Dedicated to facilitating water resource education in Central New York
Dobsonfly Larva
Pollution-Intolerant
One to four inches long
Many fleshy, filamentous appendages on each side of the abdomen
Back end is forked with two short tails and two hooks on each tail
Gill tufts on the underside of the tail that look like “hairy armpits”
Dark brown to black in color