My camera was already back in the bag when I almost stepped on this rather large longhorn beetle (#Cerambyx scopolii, no English name).

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#Cerambyx scopolii takes off.
It just fell at my feet. Pretty late in the year.

The species inhabits weakened or dead wood in trees.

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