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Acanthoplus sp.
Some type similar to the armored ground crickets known to be native in S. Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia.
Spotted on Apr 6, 2011
Submitted on Oct 6, 2011
7 Comments
Almost looks like our Wheel Bugs here in the USA.
I think it is some sort of armoured ground cricket similar to this one. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_new...
Read about their defense mechanisms, glad I didn't try to pick it up.
That is one big Orthoptera insect.
Wow! It looks like something out of the 'Ice Age' cartoons!
These are pretty big too. At least 3 or 4 inches long.
Cool looking bug!
this is a really cool spotting!!! Looks like something related to grasshoppers or locust. However I am unable to find anything close.