What is this?

So I was driving home and a huge big flew in front of the tacoma, it squashed and I never thought twice

Once I got home it was still half alive stuck in the front of the truck

The pinchers are enormous. What the heck is this thing

 

Wow. That's wicked. I've never seen anything like that before. Looks like some kind of Praying Mantis hybrid bug thingy.

Think I'll steer clear of the East Coast now though.

 

Pennsylvania does have some odd bugs, though nothing like the south

 

No thanks.

 

Holy crap!

 

If anyone is curious it is a Dobson fly, gets about 5 inches long, the female has a hell of a bite and it has a stinky anal discharge

Glad it hit the taco and not me

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dobsonfly

 

Hey I'm from the South - and I've never seen anything that looks that crazy!

 

nasty one

but imagine if you're on a bike..then you yawn lol

 

Lmao. It amazes me everyday in birmingham

 

I was visiting my sister in Louisiana and the stuff flying around down there is down right frightening

 

Yeah it's real bad in Louisiana. The mosquitoes will carry you off to their nest if you don't watch it.

 

Damn, only live for 7 days as adults to mate then die. You must of hit that bitch bug before she mated. You sacrificed a virgin Dobson fly! That might be some sorta curse!

 

Hell I didn't realize that they are a grampus in the larval stage. Use to search under rocks for em as they are excellent fishing bait. They will pinch the shit out of ya I know that for a fact . Don't ever recall seeing an adult

 

Thats also similar to a flying helgamite, as we call them in west virginia.