#largest insect

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Largest aquatic insect in the world found in China By Bec Crew | July 22, 2014 | Scientific American Blog Network

New species of Megaloptera insect, shown with a chicken’s egg for scale. Credit: China News Service/Zhong Xin

The largest aquatic insect ever found. Credit: China News Service/Zhong Xin

Images have surfaced of a newly discovered insect reported to be the largest aquatic insect in the world. Found in the mountains of Chengdu in China’s Sichuan province, the specimen boasts a wingspan of 21 cm. While very little is known about the specimen at this point, it’s been identified as belonging to the order Megaloptera, which includes about 300 described species of winged alderflies, dobsonflies and fishflies.

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The World's Largest Insect; Little Barrier Island, in New Zealand

A 7 inch wingspan? Eats carrots? Double Check. Mark Moffett found it; the former park ranger discover the giant weta up a tree, and it has been declared  the largest insect ever found. Adventurer Moffett discovered the cricket-like creature after 2 days searching on  the tiny island. It's reported the  species was wiped off the mainland by rats accidentally introduced by Europeans.

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That's not a bug...at least not of the earthly kind, they apparently came across a baby alien that wandered away from its base camp and fed it a carrot and let him go so he can report to his giant alien parents that we are stupid and docile and ready for invasion.

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TITAN BEETLE (Titanus giganteus)  -  ©greenpacks.org

The Amazon rain forest is home to many large beetles, but none of them compares in length to the titan beetle, Titanus giganteus. Adults can grow up to 6.5 inches (16.7 cm) in length  

This gargantuan insect has mandibles that can easily snap a pencil in half, and reportedly they can rip into human flesh, too.

The larvae have never been found, but are thought to feed inside wood and may take several years to reach full size before they pupate. Boreholes thought to be created by titan beetle larvae seem to fit a grub over two inches wide and perhaps as much as one foot long.

Adult titan beetles do not feed, they simply fly around to find mates.

They are attracted to bright lights after dark.  

Believe it or not, this beetle is actually a draw for adventurous tourists, and many ecotourism agencies in South America advertise pictures of them in their pamphlets.

Like many beetles, the titan beetle can emit a loud hissing sound when it is threatened.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_beetle Other Photos you may enjoy:

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