Subject: What is this bug
Geographic location of the bug: Indianapolis Indiana
Date: 07/31/2018
Time: 04:49 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: I have never seen a bug that looks like this please tell me what it is i live in Indianapolis Indiana and i just took that picture in my grandfather’s breazway
How you want your letter signed: Thank you in advance Taneil Holt
Dear Taneil,
This is an Ivory Marked Beetle. According to BugGuide: “hosts include a wide variety of hardwoods (oak, ash, hickory, locust, chestnut, maple, elm, beech, cherry); larvae bore in heartwood.”