Mom,
I found this bug today in the parking lot at Barnes & Noble. It's HUGE! We're putting a picture on this too so that you can see what it looks like. We tried to search for it on the website you used, but it we couldn't find it on there, so we looked it up on google. It can eat fish and even frogs. It's bite is a little painful (immobilizes their small prey). Luckily it was dead when we found it so it didn't accidentally bite us. They live in shallow ponds and swamps, so it probably came out during the storm. It uses the thing sticking out of it's back end to get air.
p.s. Eliza wouldn't touch it. So, I (Michelle), who do not like bugs, had to put it in a bag to take home and take the pictures. gross.
It's called: Giant water bug (Lethocerus americanus)