She's No Lady (bug)

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If you see this creature, either kill it, or if you're not the violent type, get far away. It's an evil bug, and it bites. It looks a lot like a ladybug, but this is a different insect, known as the "Japanese Biting Beetle".



Here's a real ladybug (from The University of Kentucky Department of Entomology)


Some friends and I were menaced by these monsters while in Evanston for a college reunion a few years back, and I assumed that they were ladybugs gone bad.

Thanks to Richard Magahiz for the link.