These big beetles are often seen on hot sunny days in wooded areas around recently cut Pinus logs and stumps. They are also quite "fond" of newly installed telephone poles, especially the ones that are still wet with tar/creosote. I have seen them in southern Maryland (on P.echinata and P.taeda), northeastern West Virginia (on P.strobus and P.virginiana), and in central Maine (on P.resinosa, P.strobus, and P.sylvestris). I think they are by far the most common species of Chalcophora in the Northeast US.