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Old 07-18-2017, 11:36 AM
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The bio teacher I had said that they actually would catch and eat smaller fish. I can't see why fish wouldn't eat them as well. I cleaned a couple pike this spring that were stuffed with dragonfly larvae and these guys live in the same type of environment.

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ETA: I found an interesting article on them if anyone wants a read. http://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1...10)00039-6/pdf
Good article. Now I've got that creepy feeling of something crawling on me...
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the intense pain experienced is related to the salivary
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