OMG KILL IT WITH FIRE (UPDATE: It's a Dobson Fly... - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

HIDE HIDE HIDE no - Yolanda

ALSO HIDING. - Trish R

That's a cool-looking insect. - John (a.k.a. dendroica)

What is it? - Dan Morrill AKA Techwag

Cover it with chocolate. - Kevin Pedraja

wicked - Josh Haley

wth is that? - docrivs

WTF!? - l0ckergn0me

how did it get in your house - Alfredo

It didn't! I have no idea what it was, a friend sent me the pic and I was so horrified I had to force everyone else to see it. I would flee and scream like a little girl if I saw this in my house - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

are those....*fangs* at the front? Cool looking as long as it's not anywhere near me. - WorldofHiglet

beautiful!!!...is it real? - Ümit Orhan

Does anyone know what it is? - Steve Council

Ahhhhhhh! - Kelly W.

"Cover it with chocolate" LOL :) - Alejandro

Dear Jesus! WTH is it?? - Ayşe E.

GAHHHHHHHHH! - holly

That's the beast that ate the dingo that ate the baby. - Steve C

Yes! Fire! Burn the whole HOUSE down to sanitize it! - Ladybug Heather

What the HELL is that?! And why is someone holding it in their HAND?! *runs* - Jandy, ConcertMaven of FF

Saute in butter with touch of garlic? Do not waste cilantro on this meal. - Janet

On your hand? Are you crazy??????? Ack!!!!! - Sharon Tappan

Not my hand, see above comments - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

What the hell is that?! - Shevonne

My whole body is shuddering. Ugh! Please say your friend lives in some other country. - Trish Haley

She just sent me the picture, no idea where it came from. I doubt she'd touch it either. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

That is just awesome. I want one. - Christian (Simply X)

You can keep it outside. In a hermetically sealed chamber. With tinted windows. DO NOT WANT IN THIS HOUSE. - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

I just found my Xmas present for Anika...She will love this for her bug collection... hehehe - Bill Heslin

This is a Dobsonfly http://bacn.me/7dw It's a male and cannot actually bite. Females can however. They are native to all 50 states. Even California where like everything else, bugs are illegal. - Christian (Simply X)

Holllllllly crap. - Kyle Dylan Conner

Mom? - Glen Mistletoe

and now... UP! :D - Andrea (Notorious)

Very interesting...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - imabonehead

"They are not poisonous, but possess an irritating, foul-smelling anal spray as a last-ditch defense"... it even FARTS... I love it! :D - Andrea (Notorious)

Lovely.. - Bill Heslin

lol awe some - Kamilah Gill

Yikes... what's that? - BeeLing

Awesome - Mo Kargas

rolfmao @ Glen - Janet

Tell me what country that is from and I'll put that on my do-not-visit list ;-) (oh, nuts... it's here in the US???? - help me!) - Ken Stewart | ChangeForge

O to the MY to the GOD - BEX

I am *so* gonna try to find one of these somewhere and pose with it. I think I saw one of these on one of the screen doors at my parents' house once. I admit that it made even my bug-loving heart jump a little. I at least knew in advance that such things existed. - Kamilah Gill

that looks like something right out of the Australian outback...yikes! - Susan Beebe

Great comments, still laughing. - Daniel Krech

He's kinda cute. Dapper...for a bug. - Jess

cool, like stag beetle+longhorn beetle - Lu Tao

And the looks like be here: http://208.106.191.145/_media... - Micah Wittman

LOL Micah - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

\OvO/ - Micah Wittman

What should we name him? With that handlebar mustache, I think he looks like a Thurman. - Dawn

Or maybe he could be the mascot for the Palm Pre. - Dawn

I think this is the bug that causes Twitter to go down often. - imabonehead

ACK!!! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! Stomp! - AJ Batac

AJ, a whole Riverdance worth of stomping would probably barely scratch that thing... - Kamilah Gill

And just when I felt safe to leave my house again! - Carlton Hackett

Not on my 260lbs built Kamilah ;-) - AJ Batac

That is sooo cool! - Ken Morley

what the fuck is that? - tim kerrick

I agree with Ken - that IS so cool - martha

Actually spurted tea through my nose... thx Sean! LOL! - Dean "Karnatos" Michaud

We laugh, but that there bug there gets great quality over the air HD tv. - Micah Wittman

Boll weevil? - .LAG liked that

@LAG Boll weevil why dont you get right out of your home? /Presidents - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Christian got it right earlier, it's a Dobsonfly: http://bacn.me/7dw - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Good god! - Jason Hill

What the hell is that??? - Loren Morris

Updated the title since most people won't want to read the 70 comments to find the answer. :D - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

@Haggis ....LOLz! hell, no, I wasn't going to wade through 70+ comments to find the answer. my "Boll Weevil" ploy worked! i got the answer in just 2 comments! now THAT is real-time search. - .LAG liked that

Found more detailed info here http://www.answers.com/topic... - Important information like how they only live for 7 days... whew. - Trish Haley

are kidding me!? if I see that on my front door I'll burn that house, wtf is that ? - cihanergur

wow that would freak me out lol even looking at that pic gives me the creeps - eric

Thanks. Now I wont be able to sleep tonight. - Rustic Thoughts

Stuart, well, it sure looks like long pieces of sprue didn't get trimmed :) - Micah Wittman

That's a fly? Looks more like an alien you'd see on Star Trek! - Cam

...and who t.f. is Dobson, anyway? wasn't he the actor who played "Crocker" opposite Telly Savalas' "Kojak"? - .LAG liked that

They made a movie about these right where they evolve to look like humans - Joe Dawson

In certain parts of the world. they have saber tooth crotch crickets that are bigger than this. - Moved to Facebook from fftogo

'shopped - Bwana ☠

Oh, look. He's smiling! - Mike Lewis

(UP, just to show it to my italian bug "lover" friends which were sleeping last night - remember: this thing FARTS!) :D - Andrea (Notorious) from IM

GAH!!! It's not real it's not real it's not real. - Carmen

Yuck - YoYo_P

Happy Halloween! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

NOM! - Joe Silence is not dead

JEEBUS I must've missed this the first time around. I will now actively loathe you for at least 24 housrs. - Penguin It's Cold Outside

oh sweet jesus HIDE! - holly