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EnuffxYO Bethpage, NY Mar 16, 2013

During the summer of 2012 this beast flew onto my friend's face. It was subsequently killed. Any ideas what it is??? It was HUGE

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Mar 17, 2013

Long-horned wood-boring beetle in subfamily Prioninae.

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EnuffxYO Bethpage, NY Mar 17, 2013

I don't think so, I've googled pictures of that and it looks nothing like my beast😔

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flatpickit Charleston, SC Mar 17, 2013

Flap is right. "long-horned wood boring beetle" is a common name that refers to many different species, which is why the subfamily Prioninae was mentioned. If you google this common name, you will see pictures of many species. When I search for beetles in this subfamily, I find pictures that look almost exactly like your beast, except that they were taken of living specimens.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/417193/bgimage

http://bugguide.net/node/view/5094

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