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 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 ...