This small beetle was on the tip of a gayfeather (_Liatris_ sp.) flower spike that is not yet open. The plant was swaying in the wind (making photography just a tad difficult) and the moment I tried to hold the stem still, the beetle flew away. Alert, active, good flyer describes its behavior. The wings were dark, and I had an impression of a dark bluish tint, not flat black.

It had much longer antennae than the longhorn beetles I photographed in the fall of 2005 on goldenrod , and though it resembles some beetles in Leptura in the Guide, the antennae are longer (or appear so to me.)