Can someone help with an ID for this bug????

[lepardess]

I found a what I think is a beetle. The body is approximatly 13 cm in length. It has 6 legs that are hairy like a terantula, and is yellow and brown or black like a yellow jacket bee except the stripes go length wise instead of around the body. What is this???? It is very fast and moved rocks around in my flower bed!!!!!
It is not a Goliathus cacicus.

Nope not this species. Looks more spider like. Has 6 hairy legs. The body looks like one of those Columbian roaches. Thay get to be upwards of 5 inches long.

I live in America in Nevada. We thought it was a spider at first but the body looks more like a roach.

Tried to get a picture but it was to fast for me. It has since taken up residence under the house and there is not enough light for my camera.

[Pudding4brains]

Hi Lepardess & welcome to WATW

Originally Posted by lepardess

The body is approximately 13 cm in length. It has 6 legs that are hairy like a tarantula ... The body looks like one of those Columbian roaches. They get to be upwards of 5 inches long.

I'm a bit worried about your concept of size - or maybe mixing up metrics or erroneous conversion calculations...

I have a bit of a hard time imagining any non-prehistoric/non-tropical beetle of 13 cm (over 5 inches) and all I can find about "Giant" cockroaches seems to max out at 9 cm (3.5 inches).

Does the 13 cm maybe include antennae and/or tail appendices? Or are you sure it's just sheer body size (top of head to tip of tail, not including any antennae/appendices)?

Talking about that: Does the animal even have antennae, huge pincers or tail appendices or the like?

And what about the hairy legs? Are you positive it's 'hairy like a tarantula' or might it also have been 'little spines' (such as on many roaches or so).

As you mentioned spider like features a few times: Could it be that it just has two legs amputated? And any idea on the head shape or maybe even the number of eyes on it?

Just trying to get my head around it....

@Others, just for reference: Same question was asked here on WAB earlier, so some suggestions might still pop-up there too (although it's more of a non-British WATW-topic)

Another interesting puzzle ...
Arp

P.S. I don't think it really fits the description but maybe have a look at Macrodontia cervicornis ... other than that I'm very much doubting that it would be a beetle. Maybe some tropical (true) bug ....

[lepardess]

It could be a type of spider

[Pudding4brains]

Originally Posted by lepardess

It could be a type of spider

Still makes one wonder how you arrived at the extreme 13cm? Did you compare to things in the environment you saw it sitting on for a halfway accurate measure? And if so, is it really just the body size or does it include antennae/legs other appendages? Just for the head/body 13 cm is really, really huge for any land living invertebrate - only very few (known) around ... spiders don't get that size either.

Again, are your sure about your metrics - (13 cm is over 5 inch)?

Was it fast-moving or slow/clumsy?

Arp