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Big water bug
by: Anonymous

One of these bugs washed ashore from the ocean and was trying to get out of the water in Savannah ga, it was like 4 or 5 inches long it was scary but it was eaten by a seagull.
Giant water bug
by: Moni

Karen
Anonymous was correct and provided a very informational site.
Your bug is a giant water bug. They do live in water but are attracted to lights at night. Do you live near a pond or lake?
They do like clean water so I am not sure there are as many around these days as several years ago. Perhaps they are still plentiful in TN.
Large Brown Bug
by: kimsuki

I'm certainly no entomologist, but it looks like what in Tennessee the kids used to call a "June Bug". It was a great big (let me make that HUGE) brown beetle with large horns. The first time I saw one I totally freaked out! The kids used to tie string around them and swing them through the air like a toy plane and they would make a buzzing noise as they went through the air! How cruel, but I was totally fascinated as a city girl from the San Francisco area and new to rural Tennessee. People play with bugs here!
giant water bug
by: Anonymous

not a cockroach
http://www.eduwebs.org/bugs/giant_water_bug.htm

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