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Beetle

Description:

Scary

Habitat:

In a parking lot

Notes:

This thing is scary

2 Species ID Suggestions

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago
True bug
Order Hemiptera Hemiptera
Giant Water Bug, Toe-Biter
Lethocerus americanus Species Lethocerus americanus - Giant Water Bug - BugGuide.Net


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2 Comments

RexScientiarum
RexScientiarum 12 years ago

It is not a beetle, it is a true bug (Order: Hemiptera Suborder: Heteroptera) and this is identified by the triangle at the rear where the wings fold over one another (they do not overlap in beetles, only in true bugs). Based on body shape and the legs it is certainly in Infraorder Nepomorpha, Family Belostomatidae (giant water bugs), Genus Lethocerus. I am guessing L. americanus and it is aptly named the Giant water bug or sometimes the Toe-Biter :-)

Latimeria
Latimeria 13 years ago

Looks some kind of predaceous diving beetle, judging from the hind and front legs. It can inflict a nasty pinch.

joerorick
Spotted by
joerorick

Portage, Michigan, USA

Spotted on Oct 12, 2010
Submitted on Oct 12, 2010

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