I agree Chelle, something about those things give me the Eeewwweees too!
Jake, that doesn't look like a squash bug to me either. Here's more pics of squash bug in all the stages -
http://bugguide.net/node/view/...
there are so many beetles, it's hard to say what you have there. I can direct yo to Janet at BugLife, she can probably identify your beetle for you. Here's a link to the daily bug log where you can post your picture for ID ~
http://cubits.org/buglife/thre...
