long-horned wood-boring beetle
5649 Hi there, I have these bugs walking all over my front deck. Just wondering if I should be worried about a nest or about having them around. I am in Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, BC and it is mid-April. Thanks very much! Irene
This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae); it looks like Hybodera tuberculata, a west coast species whose larvae develop in certain maple trees; it is not considered a pest species. See http://tinyurl.com/hyzea2v for an image. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.