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Beetle or roach? - Lethocerus americanus
Copyright © 2010 weazycat

Beetle or roach? - Lethocerus americanus
Wilton, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
April 7, 2010
Size: 3 inches
Enormous beetle or roach on my kitchen window this morning. I've never seen anything like it. Help please.
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Contributed by weazycat on 7 April, 2010 - 9:19pm
Last updated 10 August, 2017 - 6:31pm

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… David J. Ferguson, 5 August, 2012 - 1:44pm login or register to post comments

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… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 16 April, 2010 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Neither :)
Giant Water Bug


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… Ken Wolgemuth, 7 April, 2010 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
We live next to a swamp. What a relief that it's not a roach.
… weazycat, 7 April, 2010 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

 
a cockroach...
might be prefered...these belostomatids can have a painful bite :-) But not to worry--they are harmless :-)
… Blaine Mathison, 8 April, 2010 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
It won't bite me.
Its size alone was kept me far from it. My husband took the picture.
… weazycat, 8 April, 2010 - 3:15pm login or register to post comments

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