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Animal Qualities

Strange beauty

Grow beneath.

Animals grouped here express a similar quality through their behavior in nature. Each species still has its own principle, lesson, meaning, and field-guide page.

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Dobsonfly (Corydalus cornutus) thumbnail image on AnimalDex

Dobsonfly

Species principle: Hidden Power

Grow beneath.

The strange shape above the river began as a hunter beneath it.

Dobsonflies spend much of life as aquatic predatory larvae called hellgrammites, then emerge as large winged adults with dramatic jaws, especially in males.

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