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Cat found this on the lawn, was playing with it. Have never seen one before. Legd look nasty. Cockroach?
Spotted on Aug 23, 2011
Submitted on Aug 23, 2011
4 Comments
One of the Giant Water Bugs. They can inflict a painful bite.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13706
it looks like a predacious diving beetle
People I work with tell me it's a June Bug but this is a darn big June Bug if so! Approx 4" long
I think it might be a waterbug.