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One of the giant water bugs. My guess would be Lethocerus americanus.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/13708
My first guess was Nepa cinerea a water scorpion species.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepa_cinere...
On second thought maybe Lethocerus? Take a look at http://bugguide.net/node/view/12796/bgim...
we call this a toe biter in Aust, Abedus indentatus. I think there is a similar american, one