#prionid beetle

[onenicebugperday]

@odes2002 submitted: Found in Chatham, New York (Columbia County). Held perfectly still for the photo. Light shone through its abdomen, too

Big and beautiful prionid beetle! A type of longhorn beetle. This one is a brown prionid, Orthosoma brunneum.

[grubloved]

a large and upset man! brown prionid beetle, Orthosoma brunneum. turn the sound on to hear him complaining

[onenicebugperday]

@beau-reblogs-assorted-stuff submtited: Very big guy (south of Brazil)

Excellent prionid beetle! Get a load of those snippers. 10/10

[onenicebugperday]

Hi! We already identified this bug but I thought you'd want to see him. (Prionus coricarius.) Spotted in north Idaho. He a chonk.

Large and lovely! If you meant Prionus coriarius, they only occur in Europe and into Asia. Your friend here is probably Prionus californicus.

[onenicebugperday]

Metallic prionid beetle, Psalidognathus friendii, Cerambycidae

Found in northwestern South America

Photos 1-4 by khristimantis, 5-7 by stivensaldarriaga, and 8-10 by amazonmegadiversity

[onenicebugperday]

Hi! The bug identification submits aren’t working for me, so I’m just gonna slip this in here. Found this chonker in central Maryland a couple days ago, after it scared the bejesus out of my mom when she took the dog out lol. It is by far the largest beetle I’ve ever seen in my life! Any clue as to this buddy’s identity?

Big man! Or woman idk. It's a prionine longhorn beetle for sure and probably a broad-necked root borer, Prionus laticollis :)

[onenicebugperday]

@crochetlesbian submitted: This fella was next to my front door last week! I live on Cape Cod, MA. Google image search gave me Derobrachus geminatus but the impression I got was that those were rare? So I wabted to ask a person 🫣

Google image search is possibly the worst way to identify bugs because it doesn't take into account your location! And often location is the easiest way to distinguish two very similar-looking bugs from photos only. Derobrachus geminatus is not found at all in MA. If you're going to use an app, I'd use Seek instead.

Google was at least right about the type of beetle - this one is also a prionine longhorn, but more likely a brown prionid beetle, Orthosoma brunneum.

[onenicebugperday]

@the-worm-man submitted: We found this guy on the window. We think it’s a Longhorn Beetle, but we did some research, and apparently they don’t live where we do? ([removed]) (please remove location) So I wanted to ask you- am I right, and should we be concerned?

Longhorn beetles are an entire family (Cerambycidae) with thousands of species found worldwide, so yes, you’re right about what it is, but no, you shouldn’t be concerned! This one looks like a brown prionid beetle, Orthosoma brunneum, which is native.