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Long black beetle with stinger (Broad-necked root borer, female)

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Cutey!
by: Anonymous

My boys caught one of these today, she is quite a beauty!
Broad-necked root borer, female
by: Moni

James
You were very close in the ID...it is the same subfamily. Your beetle looks like a broad-necked root borer. The "stinger" is the egg laying appendage called the ovipositor on the female.
It is good that you were cautious as there are stories of beetles found in water that were not quite dead and gave quite a 'bite' with its strong mandibles. :-)
This beetle can be found in the northeastern US, as well as then west to Minnesota down to Oklahoma and to Florida.
The adults of this beetle feed on foliage of fruit trees and grapes. Larva feed on the roots of those plants.



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