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Strangest bug I've ever seen - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
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Strangest bug I've ever seen - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
New York, USA
May 30, 2015
Size: 2.5-3 inches
Husband found this bug this afternoon. Looks like a lobster head, preying mantis arms, scorpion like tail and then wings?!! What is it?

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Strangest bug I've ever seen - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa Strangest bug I've ever seen - Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa
Contributed by Jessica on 30 May, 2015 - 4:23pm
Last updated 30 May, 2015 - 7:03pm

looks like a European mole cricket
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa

Nice shots

Moved from ID Request.
… metrioptera, 30 May, 2015 - 7:03pm

mole cricket
More information here: http://bugguide.net/node/view/4283
… Brad Barnd, 30 May, 2015 - 4:41pm

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