ID This Bug
Jan 25, 2020 00:32:17 #
GeneV
Loc: Lampasas, Texas
Can anyone ID this bug which was found in a rather large swarm on a pile of mesquite logs here in Central Texas???
Jan 25, 2020 00:43:42 #
Stan Wieg
Loc: Fair Oaks, CA
Looks like some variant of a long horned bark boring beetle. It might also come up as an “engraver” beetle. They make the shallow tunnels under the bark of pine trees (and others).
Jan 25, 2020 09:11:09 #
Jan 25, 2020 09:15:01 #
rwilson1942 wrote:
Probably a Locust Borer. One of the long horned beetles.
Good call.
Jan 25, 2020 13:15:13 #
Jan 26, 2020 07:45:29 #
Jan 26, 2020 09:52:24 #
flyboy61 wrote:
YES! That is definitely an UGLY bug! 
.... Whooohooo!!
Jan 26, 2020 13:44:40 #
Jan 26, 2020 15:12:52 #
Jan 26, 2020 16:54:17 #
Jan 26, 2020 18:39:00 #
Plectrodera scalator, Cottonwood borer. A Longhorn beetle per a Bing search.
Jan 26, 2020 19:30:11 #
hassighedgehog wrote:
Close but no Cigar!Plectrodera scalator, Cottonwood borer. A Longhorn beetle per a Bing search.
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