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melsalz Mooresville, NC(Zone 7b) Jul 05, 2008

Found this in the back yard. Started taking pictures and his/her, um, thingy was protruding in and out. I couldn't tell if she was trying to have babies or whether he was showing off. Any clue?

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jul 05, 2008

This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the subfamily Prioninae; possibly the brown prionid, Orthosoma brunneum - see http://farm1.static.flickr.com/4/4070004_54e6339c29_o.jpg for an image. This specimen is a female, she may have been releasing pheromones to attract a male.

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