Brachyleptura champlaini

A Longhorn Flower Beetle. Seen here on a flower.

Info on this critter is hard to come by. For example, this is the entirety of the Wikipedia entry:

"Brachyleptura champlaini is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Casey in 1913".

Not all that illuminating.

I was able to discover that the larva of this species feed on pine trees. And although we live in the Pinelands National Reserve, we don't actually have all that many pine trees on our property.

But it seems there was enough food for at least one Brachyleptura champlaini beetle to make it to adulthood.

And thus become a yard critter.

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