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what is this insect?

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mica5
 
Reply Wed 21 May, 2014 01:49 pm
What is this insect? It looks like a giant ant or something..?

I'm terribly sorry that it is dying. The guy who found it first instinctively squished it. Sad

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Butrflynet
 
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Reply Wed 21 May, 2014 01:58 pm
@mica5,
Looks to be what is commonly known as a potato bug or Jerusalem cricket.



http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_cricket
timur
 
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Reply Wed 21 May, 2014 02:11 pm
@Butrflynet,
Agreed.
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neologist
 
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Reply Wed 21 May, 2014 04:24 pm
@mica5,
Welcome to a2k. You seem to have an eye for the unusual. Laughing
Stick around and join in the fun.
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rosborne979
 
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Reply Wed 21 May, 2014 04:31 pm
@Butrflynet,
Agreed
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