Giant jerusalem cricket?

[Smokehound714]

It may be possible that the female needs to consume the male for successful fertilization. That's just speculation, but the males are known to allow females to consume them after insemination has concluded.

 

[Bkd990]

These were @ camp pendleton back in 1996 when I was there in MCT - found one while digging a fox hole. I recently found one in my back yard in El Monte, which google lead me to this thread.

 

[MrGhostMantis]

Suuuuper old thread man...