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I saw this on the wall of the outside of a Tetco the other day.  Huge - about 4 incles or more even.  I asked for an ID at Davesgarden.com and they said it was a Dobsonfly.  Apparently it's not a pest - adults live only 2 weeks - and the makes use those giant pincers (sickles)  to stimulate the female (not kidding).  From wheat I can tell the one I saw was a common Dobsonfly, but it looked anything but that to me :-)
Here is a link for more information about it: http://www.tamu.edu/upress/BOOKS/2003/sample/taberchap.pdf





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