whitespotted sawyer beetle
5688 Hi, this bit me! Should I be concerned? Please identify. I’m in Port Coquitlam BC and it was in my kitchen. (Door is open as very hot).
Thanks, Sandy
5688 This is a long-horned wood-boring beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in the genus Monochamus; likely M. scutellatus, known as the whitespotted sawyer, As a wood-borer, it has very strong jaws, but there is no danger from its bite – see http://tinyurl.com/hxozfrufor more detailed information on this species. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.