Centrodera spurca AKA Yellow Fir Borer

When the Big Guy (@denmarkguy) saw this beetle earlier this morning, I was initially enchanted by the shimmering golden tones on its wings. Once we took some pictures though, I took it into the sunlight and wasn't nearly as impressed. As per the usual routine I quarantined the wee monster and went to go look it up.
Take a look at those mandibles. I did "enhance" just this image to make it a little more exciting by lifting the contrast on the camera. The rest are "as is".

At first, I thought it might be the Lepturinae Xylosteini (go ahead, say that out loud → LEAPT TURI-NAYYYYY ZYLOSTEINNNNNEEEEEEE) which sounds sexier, but really is not. It was the black dots on each side of our monster that gave it away.

Evidently this isn't the bugger that's decimating all the living, thriving spruce and other evergreen trees here in the PacWest of the United States. This one lays its eggs in dead tree bits and the larvae help to clean up. They aren't considered too dangerous.

The one I found is rather large in comparison to what seems to be the norm. It had to have been about the size of a quarter vs. the penny images I found of this species online.

Those mandibles are nightmarish though. I wonder if bug mandibles were the inspiration for pliers?

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