As nouns the difference between dobsonfly and hellgramite
is that dobsonfly is an insect of the subfamily subfamily: Corydalinae whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly while hellgramite is the aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
dobsonfly
English
Noun
(
dobsonflies)
(
wikipedia dobsonfly)
An insect of the subfamily whose males have long mandibles, found in the Americas and related most closely to the fishfly.
hellgramite
English
(Dobsonfly)
Alternative forms
* hellgamite
* helgramite
* hellgrammite
Noun
(
en noun)
The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
(fishing) A lure designed to mimic a hellgramite.