Nightmare Insect Found in China

One of the scariest, creepiest & largest bugs in the world is a newly discovered aquatic giant insect found in China. This creepy dobson fly species has huge pincers and looks like something out of a nightmare. World's Fattest Insect Video. http://youtu.be/7filPzTK4R4 The largest aquatic insect in the world was discovered this month in the mountains of Chengdu, China. It belongs to the Megaloptera order, meaning ithas 2 sets of wings for flight, kind of like a biplane. It’s amazing wingspan is a touch longer than a standard #2 pencil. Now since it was only discovered a few weeks ago little is known about this new king of the water scary insects, but its coolest feature is these giant tusk looking mandibles. You would think they’d be used for eating but they’re not.Assuming they are like other Megaloptera likealderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies those wicked looking mandibles are actually used for mating, and here’s why... After pupating and becoming adults these insects have VERY short life spans. After they become adults they barely eat anymore before they die. Almost all of their adult lives are spent trying to find mates, ,sound familiar? For Megaloptera these mandibles are the human version of a symmetrical face or a fit body. After the female is attracted and drawn in, the male’s uses his mandible to hold the female in place while they mate. Another unique things about this new insect is that it doesn’t have a name yet. ,Personally,I think it looks like George from Seinfeld. , So playing the scientific name game that would make it MegalopteraGeorgae. Basically you can just add "ae" at the end of anything, like MegalopteraHobbitae or MegalopteraKardashianae. Videos (Creative Commons Attribution): 1) Pencil Sharpener – Act One © Dan Meyer Vimeo Let's Connect -- http://www.epicadamwildlife.com/ -- http://www.facebook.com/epicadamwildlife -- http://www.twitter.com/epicwildlife -- http://gplus.to/epicwildlife

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1. thats satans pet butterfly
2. I found one by a pool in the USA!
3. Megaloptermichelleobamaae
4. I call it holy shit or megaloptera-holy-shit-ae
5. Seen ém in florda.
6. it's the helgamite they're not new
7. MegalopteraQueenChryssi
8. Pincerfly
9. I think it looks like a bug.
10. It's an antlion with wings!
11. Looks like it belongs in that giant insects pit scene from King Kong 2005.
12. megaloptoranopenopenopenopeae
13. Megaloptera Harambae
14. Wow cool insect
15. Isnt it just a variety a dobson fly? There are bugs like that one in costa rica and I mean as big as that one...
16. Megalopterarapistae?
17. i caught one of these bugs but it color is lighter. i have a few pics
18. It's not a new insect, we got those in South America I uset to catch them at school and make my friends run.
19. And yes even upstate ny ive seen these guys here
20. that's a dobsonfly