Dan Brume

I was checking out the garden today and saw this huge black bug on the Blueberry bush.

The Blueberries are large, so here’s a picture of the bug and my finger to give an idea of the size of this thing.

This scary thing seems to be called a Root Borer (Derobrachus geminatus), but from what I can tell, they are from the warmer southern states. What he’s doing up here I don’t know. I don’t feel that it’s a menace to the garden so I’ll leave him be.

I ate quite a few of them, but here’s a shot of some of the ripe blueberries that I haven’t eaten yet.