Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: What is this nasty looking critter?, 0 by Badseed

Badseed wrote:
I scanned through the posts and did not see this guy. Sorry if it's been covered.

He's about 5" inches long with a mighty big set of pincers. He nearly folds in half backwards trying to attack. So far as I remember, most insects with pincers this big don't actually hurt when they pinch you but I wasn't willing to find out. :)

Oh, the cream colored stuff on his back is chicken food. Sorry. My kids were flipping out and that was the first container handy.