What's this bug?

[snydley]

We've had a 1/2 dozen of these show up in the house lately, after bringing some wood in from outside. Anyone have any idea what they are? Hopefully I sized it right, if not I apologize.
Snyde

 

[DWW68]

It almost looks like a stink bug (pine beatle). Does it smell like pine when you get near it or kill it?

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Aren't the pine bugs brown?

 

[snydley]

It almost looks like a stink bug (pine beatle). Does it smell like pine when you get near it or kill it?

There is no softwood in my woodpile, but there are a lot of pine trees at my neighbor's place,(he sells Christmas trees). After looking at images on the Net of Stink Bugs and Pine Beetles it doesn't look like either of those either. It's a lot more slender than those bugs. One thing I forgot to mention in my original post, the width of the "board" of the flooring that the bug is standing on is 2.5 inches.
Snyde

 

[LLigetfa]

Longhorn beetle. I've had two of them come in with some culled Poplar.

 

[LLigetfa]

Do they look like this?

 

[Jamess67]

Looks like an ash borer.

 

[JustWood]

Might be a Sugar Maple crotch cricket :bug:

 

[snydley]

Do they look like this?

That's the critter!! Although when I do a search for Longhorn beetle none of the pictures look exactly like this bug. Are there different varieties of them maybe? Do I have to worry about them infesting the house if they come in with the wood? So far there's only been a half dozen or so, not a big deal. I find they fly quite well too, though not fast.
Thanks for the info.
Snyde

 

[firefighterjake]

Well I don't know what type of bug they are exactly . . . but I'm Ewell Gibbons and I'm here to tell you that these bugs are good eating . . . I sprinkle them on top of my cat tail salad like croutons.

 

[rdust]

Looks like an ash borer.

I agree, had about a cord of ash that I split and when it got warm this year I had hundreds of those on the pile. I looked at the online pictures of the ash borer and it didn't match that but I don't know what else would have been on my ash pile.

 

[Jamess67]

Looks like an ash borer.

I agree, had about a cord of ash that I split and when it got warm this year I had hundreds of those on the pile. I looked at the online pictures of the ash borer and it didn't match that but I don't know what else would have been on my ash pile.

Thats where I found mine too. luckily my wood and bugs were still frozen

 

[drdoct]

Hopefully a dead bug before the wife saw it on your hardwood floor.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Here is a link with some good pictures showing the borer and some look-alikes.

(broken link removed to http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins/Bulletin/PDF/E2939.pdf)

 

[Jim K in PA]

Might be a Sugar Maple crotch cricket :bug:

:lol: :lol: ROFLMAO . . . Lee, you are a pisser . . . :lol:

 

[johnsopi]

I had them in some Hickory I had last year. They burn well.

 

[Abhoth]

It's a Locust borer, true story. Bad bug, burns well enough... if you have Locust in the area that you'd like to keep standing it's best to kill them.