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May 18, 2017 21:10:21   #
Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida
 
Found this in my back yard, looks like it's staring at me.



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May 18, 2017 21:28:15   #
JR45 Loc: Montgomery County, TX
 
Click beetle

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May 19, 2017 04:12:27   #
Leicaflex Loc: Cymru
 
A very strange looking creature.

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May 19, 2017 07:06:50   #
Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida
 
Thanks , had that picture for a couple years and nobody I showed it to knew what it was.

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May 19, 2017 09:37:01   #
dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho
 
Be afraid, be very afraid.

Dennis

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May 19, 2017 11:36:46   #
Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI
 
The 'eyed elator', which is a large 'click beetle'. The 'eyes' are to startle predators. If you pick it up and lay it on its back it will CLICK, and flip up in the air. Fun to play with and completely harmless.

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May 19, 2017 12:34:54   #
Don, the 2nd son Loc: Crowded Florida
 
It's got a pair of huge pinchers however.
Mark Sturtevant wrote:
The 'eyed elator', which is a large 'click beetle'. The 'eyes' are to startle predators. If you pick it up and lay it on its back it will CLICK, and flip up in the air. Fun to play with and completely harmless.

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May 19, 2017 12:45:03   #
Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida
 
Thanks Mark, great to have a name.

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May 19, 2017 18:14:33   #
hankm1 Loc: Mount Prospect IL
 
Yikes! How large is this bug in real life?

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May 19, 2017 18:44:30   #
Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida
 
about two inches

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May 19, 2017 23:31:03   #
sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA
 
New to me, Jerry, and certainlly scary looking!

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May 20, 2017 15:13:11   #
Raddad Loc: Lake Oswego, Oregon
 
It's clearly a Bulgarian, bodacious, black-eyed, spotted-back, big-bug.

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