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jenhillphoto Danbury, CT(Zone 6a) Jul 10, 2015

What is this? The hardware cloth it is climbing is half inch squares. My cat discovered it, but was too cautious to do anything but look at it and maybe poke it with her paw. Sorry for the iPhone pic. Thanks.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 10, 2015

This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle in the subfamily Prioninae. Their larvae usually tunnel in tree roots or stumps.

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jenhillphoto Danbury, CT(Zone 6a) Jul 10, 2015

Wow, long-horned beetle and long horned bees in my other thread! Who would have thought! Do you know if they tunnel live tree roots or decaying wood?

Thanks so much.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Jul 10, 2015

Usually live roots - http://www.virginiafruit.ento.vt.edu/Prionus.html

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