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I live in Cheyenne Wyoming.

I've seen quite a few of these in my garage over the last couple of years.

It's about an inch long. Thanks for any help.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solifugae

I don’t know too much about them. The above should help.

This is not an insect. This creature belongs to the class Arachnida and is in the order Solifugae.

These are commonly called sun spiders but, are not true spiders nor are they any type of scorpion. There are over 1,000 described species of them and they are creatures of arid regions all over the world.

Commonly called Camel Spider in the MidEast. As said, not a spider though.

Thanks all who responded!

Knowing nothing about "bugs", I was afraid it was a ginormous termite!

We have tons of those here in AZ! They're good guys that eat lots of pest insects, but they can bite if handled. They're not venomous or aggressive or anything like that, but the big guys (I've seen specimens in pitfall traps easily 2in long) have teeth that can break skin if you pick them up. I recommend catching them in a jar and putting them outside or just letting them be; they'll eat all the roaches and crickets and things like that in your garage.