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Wasp or Cricket? - Neoclytus mucronatus

Wasp or Cricket? - Neoclytus mucronatus
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA
July 20, 2007
Size: 1-2"
We found this bug in the Dallas, TX area on July 20, 2007 in the evening just before dusk. It was in the bed of our pickup so it must be able to fly. We tried finding pictures and using the guided identification links on the web, but can't find anything. We left it in a bottle overnight and were surprised to find it fine in the morning. It has a hard exoskeleton, the markings of a wasp, and the legs of a cricket. The black covering on the back appears to be a set of wings, but we couldn't tell. It did not act aggressive or defensive. We let it go after we took the pictures, and it crawled away with the same movements of a walking cricket. So what do you think?

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This is actually a cerambycid beetle, Neoclytus mucronatus. Usually found associated with dead or dying hickory trees.

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