![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_VITXLT29Fq7U0DIIwaHAcWvtkB_sugVKWtWQYmeKbXO0kgikcjW4zp97VHD2f58_fmy1nzyVg6vW3gt_f0JS_moy0baRHjqE9zcLg3XJ3cI_Yva0_2QT4Sf9rYkO6KT74PXD4-bZXbw/s400/mysterybug1.jpg)
It looks like something that hitched a ride here on a ship or plane from another continent.
And it's big—that's a US quarter next to it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha9mkOmBJMX9NfM2JdpldvlHIKxxmdCgeGm9OEnU9go6-w74_zfp9Wn5arCrhS-ciK79CXevwmYCP-rseTyJPqHOcRtzQVTNodO_rfFEv9JmwbzBj0hKx9lQTTjie2HPPfIRFGzXpVB1U/s400/mysterybug2.jpg)
Can anyone identify this critter?
—UPDATE—
A couple of commenters suggested that this could be some sort of carpenter bee, but it's got a much creepier fleshy appearance than that. Maybe these two new pictures give you a better sense of it.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx-UlgHPZk8IL2w4e0CRXELPjwkV7vGX1gytAo2hWUXuykyzEOfh8dqRbILc_Nd5AADVUa8KEmSY5Qidtfqjl_ffoBvsClJDVP0N-xOe5RO71S7ycqgbblIJmJuSN3TDPA33h_83Ywvck/s400/mysterybug3.jpg)
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