Like everyone else, my moth sheet has been inundated with beetles ranging from 1/4 inch to over an inch. Now the beetles have upped the ante with this three-inch sucker. I was fooled, as maybe some of its enemies into thinking it had huge pincers. Then I wondered: where are legs number five and six? Those are actually legs, although maybe used for mating? I think it's a Giant Water Bug, Lethocerus americanus. Apparently they are also called: Electric Light Bug, Toe Biter and Fish Killer. Jean Obrist cocke Co, TN
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