Spring fishfly

Spotted this guy on the side of a campus building at 9 a.m. Had a likely ID from bugguide.net within minutes of posting: Chauliodes rastricornis (Spring fishfly); confirmed, May 2022: http://bugguide.net/node/view/779874

» Family Corydalidae (Dobsonflies and Fishflies)
»» Subfamily Chauliodinae
»»» Genus Chauliodes (Fishflies)
»»»» Species Chauliodes rastricornis (Spring fishfly)

One year ago (“Chester”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2012-05-30
Two years ago (“Memorial Day”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-05-30

From the species page at BugGuide, http://bugguide.net/node/view/8569 —

“Explanation of Names — rastricornis = 'rake-horned'

“Habitat — Near calm bodies of water with detritus.

“Season — Adults typically fly late spring: March?-May (North Carolina), April-May (West Virginia). Seen into June and even early July in New England (see Massachusetts records). Further south (Florida), this species is seen much of year.

“Food — Adult may not feed, but there are reports of Chauliodes at [sic] moth bait.

“Life Cycle — Larvae omnivorous: detritivores, herbivores, predators. See account for C. pectinicornis.”

[Lydia]

Ah.....a creepy crawler! Southern Illinois and humid summers mean lots of creepy crawlers!

[Thom Mitchell]

@gizathecat Plus mild winters, though we did have to use the snow shovels a time or two this past winter!

[Lydia]

@rhoing Uh.....huh......All I remember about Southern Illinois is getting eaten alive by bugs when I was a little girl.

[Rick Schies]

A marvelous find

[Rach_who]

Interesting little chap