New one to me.

[Stonedfish]

My godson sent me this picture this weekend. He saw this on a local beach.
I’ve lived here my whole life and have never seen one myself. Pretty cool looking bug.
Banded Alder Borer Beetle. Looks like something a fish would enjoy if it ended up in the water.

https://entomology.oregonstate.edu/sites/agscid7/files/entomology/Banded_Alder%20Borer_13.pdf

 

[SKYKO]

Very cool pattern, I've never seen one either.

 

[Wetswinger]

These beetles disappear when they're on an alder tree with thier great camouflage. They have a bold pattern but just blend right in. Being a borer you'd think they would be bad, but the eggs are deposited in dead rotting wood which the larve eat, helping decomposition. I have seen a couple on a blacktop trail near my house but have looked for and never seen one on the trees..

 

[BriGuy]

These beetles disappear when they're on an alder tree with thier great camouflage. They have a bold pattern but just blend right in. Being a borer you'd think they would be bad, but the eggs are deposited in dead rotting wood which the larve eat, helping decomposition. I have seen a couple on a blacktop trail near my house but have looked for and never seen one on the trees..

I saw one a few years ago on the outside wall/ceiling of a Cannon Beach hotel. I hope it wasn't dead, rotting wood since we're going back there soon.

 

[FinLuver]

Seen one up the S Santiam before.

 

[Gary Knowels]

I used to find them all the time at my grandpa's, he had A LOT of of alder on his 28 acre property on the North River.