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Please identify a bug
Dear Bugman,
This enormous "creature" flew onto my front door a few days ago, and although I’ve cruised your site trying to find out just what it might be, the closest that I’ve come to finding out is that it is probably some type of wood boreing beetle. Nothing looking like this one on your site, although some are close. The most striking feature about it, was the enormous antenna. The actual bug was about 1-1/2" to 2" long, but the antenna were several times that. I live in central Florida, was born and raised here, but have never seen anything close to this bug. I guess it found a piece of wood to chew on, because it didn’t come around except just for the one night. Thanks,
Marie Nipper

Hi Marie,
We believe this is a Banded Hickory Borer, Knulliana cincta, based on an image we found on BugGuide, which is also consistant with your Florida location. Eric Eaton wrote in with this comment: ” Don’t think the longhorn from Florida is a Knulliana, but can’t really tell you why. You might want to find a cerambycid expert to help with those IDs. They can be tricky.”

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