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Archivhauliodes diversus
Giant aquatic fly. Huge mandibles. Creepy in a fantastic kind of way...
Streams/rivers
It lifted its jaws when felt threatened.
Spotted on Jul 5, 2013
Submitted on Jul 8, 2013
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Neat find, Liam! Do you have any other views of this magnificent insect? The scientific name that you have applied to this insect, Archivhauliodes diversus, is a species from New Zealand that is not found in North America.
Here is a link to the BugGuide page for Family Corydalidae. Please take a browse through the pages and see if you can find a match for your insect: http://bugguide.net/node/view/3609/bgpag...
If you have additional images it would be very helpful for ID purposes! :-)