redheaded ash borers

6055   Have a pile of logs from a recently cut down tree and saw these bugs on it that looks like wasps from a distance but up close they were more like crickets.

This is a mating pair (the male is the smaller of the two) of redheaded ash borers, Neoclytus acuminatus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). See https://tinyurl.com/k8j27rp for more detailed information. Ed Saugstad, retired entomologist; Sinks Grove, WV.