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I came up the stairs this morning, thinking there was a wad of cat hair...Ohhh was I wrong! It was a beetle almost 3" long! HUGE! Scared me to death! WHAT is it??? I have pictures of it along side a ruler. Brownish...legs were quite 'barbed'. Big antenae. Ewww.
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Was this your beetle (click link below)?
http://bugguide.net/node/view/18882/bgimage
If it is not, please send me your pictures!
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