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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Jun 06, 2012

Found the remain of this big beetle in a water bucket. What's it please.

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flatpickit Charleston, SC Jun 06, 2012

It is one of the "long-horned beetles" in the family Cerambycidae, which are known to eat wood as larvae. There are many. Yours may belong to the genus Prionus. Prionus imbricornis (Tile-horned Prionus) looks similar.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/573272/bgpage
http://bugguide.net/node/view/3143

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Lily_love Central, AL(Zone 7b) Jun 06, 2012

Many thanks flatpickit. Tile- horned beetle it's!

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