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Started by idahojake, May 08 2010 11:45 PM

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#1 idahojake

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Posted 08 May 2010 - 11:45 PM

Last summer we touring some out of town family around Grand Teton National Park and we had this guy land on the windshield of the car and hitch ride around Jackson Lake. Any ideas what kind of an (extra) terrestrial this is?

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#2 skidoosh

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 05:06 AM

Asian long horn beetle? Some type of bark beetle. Deposit in Chicago.

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#3 Horseshoes

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Posted 09 May 2010 - 08:00 PM

longhorn spruce beetle. able to decimate a forest pretty quick. hope it splattered.

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#4 JSzymczyk

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Posted 12 May 2010 - 05:58 PM

It is impossible to decide which species of Longhorn Beetle (family: Cerambycidae) this is. There are A LOT of species with this general form, and the vast majority are not pests. Unfortunately, a few introduced invasive species in this family are very dangerous to North American forests.

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