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Hellgrammite like creature that squeaks or chirps see video
Copyright © 2019 "TECHFOURNINE" on Reddit

Hellgrammite like creature that squeaks or chirps see video
Texas, USA
October 7, 2019
Size: 1-2"
Here is a video on reddit of this critter, it seems to differ from my recollection of a Hellgrammite in that: it appears to have fewer shorter legs under it rather than from it's sides, it seems more rubbery, and it seems to have a different shape like a V and not as varied as a Hellgrammite. You can see the pinchers in the first photo near the tip of the hiking stick.

https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF_Nature/comments/dew1by/what_is_this_creature/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
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Contributed by Bruce Hunter on 8 October, 2019 - 12:36pm
Last updated 23 August, 2020 - 2:22am

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… v belov, 23 August, 2020 - 2:22am login or register to post comments

I actually think it's a cranefly
NOT AN EXPERT SO I could be wrong but I don't see the pinchers that you see. It looks more the tentacles at the back end of a crane fly larvae.
See https://bugguide.net/node/view/747145 &
https://bugguide.net/node/view/969062
… remmahk, 18 July, 2020 - 4:51pm login or register to post comments

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