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Jan 25, 2020 00:32:17
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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???
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Jan 25, 2020 00:43:42
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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).
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Jan 25, 2020 09:11:09
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rwilson1942
Loc: Houston, TX
Probably a Locust Borer. One of the long horned beetles.
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Jan 25, 2020 09:15:01
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Longshadow
Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
rwilson1942 wrote:
Probably a Locust Borer. One of the long horned beetles.
Good call.
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Jan 25, 2020 13:15:13
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flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
YES! That is definitely an UGLY bug!
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Jan 26, 2020 07:45:29
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nospambob
Loc: Edmond, Oklahoma
Frank
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Jan 26, 2020 09:52:24
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yorkiebyte
Loc: Scottsdale, AZ/Bandon by the Sea, OR
flyboy61 wrote:
YES! That is definitely an UGLY bug!
.... Whooohooo!!
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Jan 26, 2020 13:44:40
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Curmudgeon
Loc: SE Arizona
I have no idea what it is except that it's a great capture.
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Jan 26, 2020 15:12:52
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Dick Byers
One of the many species of long-horned beetle. Couldn't pin this one down.
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Jan 26, 2020 16:54:17
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BBurns
Loc: South Bay, California
Megacyllene caryae
Longhorn Beetles of Texas
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Jan 26, 2020 18:39:00
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hassighedgehog
Loc: Corona, CA
Plectrodera scalator, Cottonwood borer. A Longhorn beetle per a Bing search.
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Jan 26, 2020 19:30:11
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BBurns
Loc: South Bay, California
hassighedgehog wrote:
Plectrodera scalator, Cottonwood borer. A Longhorn beetle per a Bing search.
Close but no Cigar!
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