Weird Insect! Please help!

[Pierre A Plauzoles]

jm wrote:

> Hello, this strange bug was crawling around my house.  It looks like a
> huge ant.  Approx. 2 inches in length with very ant like features and a
> striped abdomen.  It has six thick legs and has a brownish color.
> Please help.  E-mail me with any information. I have a picture, but I
> wont post it here since it isn't a binaries group.  Thanks in advance
> for any help.

You can post it on <alt.binaries.pictures.animals> without any problems:
after all, 1/ it is alive, and 2/ it moves under its own power, therefore
it is an animal.