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.