[Beetles of Mt. Adams Country]

Unidentified Beetle #4 from Mount Adams Country

Black Pine Sawyer (Monochamus obtusus) ?

A large dark beetle that landed on me, about the size of my thumb. It looks somewhat like a black pine sawyer (Monochamus obtusus). Photographed at the parking area for Bird Creek Meadows on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........July 16, 2006. - A large dark beetle that landed on me, about the size of my thumb. It looks somewhat like a black pine sawyer (Monochamus obtusus). Photographed at the parking area for Bird Creek Meadows on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........July 16, 2006.

A large dark beetle that landed on me, about the size of my thumb. It looks somewhat like a black pine sawyer (Monochamus obtusus). Photographed at the parking area for Bird Creek Meadows on the eastern slopes of Mt. Adams.........July 16, 2006.

Paul Slichter