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Big Bugs and Colossal Crabs: 7 Invertebrates of Unusual Size: Media

Don’t try stomping them.

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Giant wētā
Cook Strait giant wētā (Deinacrida rugosa) found on Matiu/Somes Island in...
Wvermaat
Bobbitt worm (Eunice aphroditois)
Ā© Ethan Daniels/Shutterstock.com
African goliath beetle
African goliath beetle (Goliathus giganteus).
Appel Color Photography
atlas moth ()
Ramona Smiers—Hemera/Thinkstock
giant isopod
Damien du Toit
coconut crab (Birgus latro)
Laura J. Beauregard/USFWS
Japanese spider crab (Macrocheira kaempferi)
John Woodcock—Dorling Kindersley RF/Thinkstock