Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: Is this a hornet?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Patrick, I saw a few google images of others and none other than the germanica came close, they had different bodies.

Patti, nice? Wonderful detail yes! AArrrggghhhhhhhh! I think a new sci-fi movie would do well with this one! Can you see people glued to the leaves like those flies, with this enormous creature having a feast?

podster, handsome? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! They look to have a pincer arangement on the tail end, this pic shows it more clearly (I did say I got few!)