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Schuelsta Shorewood, WI Aug 05, 2013

What could this be!? I'd say it was just over an inch long. Seen in Milwaukee, WI.

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kwanjin (Zone 7a) Aug 05, 2013

An Earwig, perhaps?

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Aug 05, 2013

Looks like a larva of a ground beetle, general predator on other small arthropods.
See http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3542/3355035581_1f3a1d7571.jpg for an example.

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greene33 Vernonburg, GA Aug 05, 2013

It's a Carabidae larvae - larvae of a ground beetle.
Sorry we cross-posted.

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Schuelsta Shorewood, WI Aug 05, 2013

Thank you!

The 3 year old had found it and said, "Look, an alligator!" and I didn't know what to correct her with! In her defense, I can see where she could get an alligator from, haha!

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