Longhorn beetle (likely a pine sawyer)

Conifer forests, recently felled timber, firewood, and stressed or dead pine trees. Adults may wander around homes near wooded areas.

Larvae tunnel and feed beneath the bark and into the wood of conifers. Adults mainly consume bark, twigs, needles, or plant sap.

Adults are strong fliers and commonly attracted to stressed trees, fresh wood odors, and lights. Females lay eggs in bark crevices; larvae develop in wood before pupating.

They can damage or hasten the decline of conifers and may transmit blue-stain fungi; some species can spread pinewood nematodes. They recycle dead wood and provide food for predators.