It was a bit of a shock when I went to lock up the visitor center at the end of the day and saw this over the door! This is approximately life size, so I didn't want to poke it - not with those jaws! I sent a picture to my dad's phone, because he knows a lot about insects, and when I got home I called him to see if he knew what it was. He recognized it but could not remember what it was called - until we hung up, when he immediately thought of it and had to call me back.
It's a dobsonfly. Pretty scary-looking!
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