Two nights ago I found the beetle shown below in the photograph sitting in the road, apparently too tired to fly. (It has lacy wings that extend out from under its carapace). I picked it up, and it was incredibly strong, it grasped my fingers so tightly it actually was painful. It was content to hold onto my hand until I got home, so I was able to get some photographs of it. It looks like it might be the same kind of insect that I heard and almost got a picture of last month, but I can't be sure, it was dark then.

Does anybody know what this is?

tanstaafl.