I Saw a Stonebug - And it's pretty cool

[Grub]

Came across this big ole bastard walking my dog down by a creek earlier. According to the internet, I'm pretty sure it's an adult Stonebug.

Spoiler: Pictures

It was super chill. Just hanging out sunbathing watching the water skeeters on the water. It looked like it was about to fly away when I first showed up but it was just kind of hanging out not giving a fuck about what I was doing. I'm not sure if I've ever really seen them before. I looked them up, their life cycle's pretty cool and in the adult form there they only live 3-4 weeks until they mate after spending 1-3 years as larvae living in the water.

Because the aquatic larvae normally cannot live in warm or polluted water, stoneflies are more common in mountainous areas of Canada. Eggs are deposited in cool, clean running water. The larval stage lasts 1-3 years, depending on the species. Larvae are generally elongate, with a pair of long antennae at the front of the body, and a pair of thin appendages (cerci) at the rear. Most feed on plant material; others are predators, feeding on mayfly or midge larvae. Larvae crawl out of the water before transformation to the adult stage.

Although most adults have wings, they tend to walk rather than fly. Some do not feed as adults; others feed on algae and lichens and may live 3-4 weeks. Before mating, adults often communicate by drumming with the end of their abdomen.

 

[reptile baht spaniard rid]

Why did you let the stone bug walk your dog?

 

[Grub]

Why did you let the stone bug walk your dog?

Because fuck grammar that's why.

 

[Dialtone]

Stone bugs are very cool and they denote the presence of pure water as they cannot handle impurities, good find.

 

[Ultrapenguin]

I would've poked it.

 

[AfghanBlue]

Cool. It looks like a stain glass window.

 

[Mussolini’s Merkin]

That's a pretty neat bug

 

[Shitted Scaredless]

It's got really pretty wings!

 

[Grub]

I would've poked it.

I dunno. Would you like it if you were just chilling sunbathing enjoying your few short weeks of life and some giant poked you?

 

[Soggy Floppa]

Rock and Stone bug

 

[LowlyPheasent]

It kinda looks like a dobsonfly if it was actually friendly, thoguh it's like half the size of one.

 

[Ozul]

dats a big bug

 

[Maskull]

This is a good thread. Post more bug sightings.