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Can anyone identify this insect?

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WTAFisthis · 01/08/2019 07:54

Can anyone identify? I thought it was a stag beetle but they look like they have bigger 'horns'

Can anyone identify this insect?
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FullSizeRun · 01/08/2019 09:28

Maybe it is this?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochamus_scutellatus

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WTAFisthis · 01/08/2019 16:07

Thanks for link. Looks very similar! I'm in Italy tho and from the description that one is only found in N America.

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ErrolTheDragon · 01/08/2019 16:18

I googled 'italian beetle long horns' ... looks like it's a type of longhorn beetle.Grin

TooManyPups · 01/08/2019 18:57

Whatever it is I guarantee my hand would not be that close to it!!!! Lol totally not a bug fan

SmellbowSpaceBowl · 01/08/2019 19:01

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WTAFisthis · 01/08/2019 20:46

That hand is my 12 year old sons! Not mine...I was cringing behind the phone. To be fair, I'm not an insect fan but it was pretty impressive - you could hear its footsteps! Thanks for replying all x

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