Longicorn from Montenegro

Subject:  Big black smth on the beach
Geographic location of the bug:  Montenegro, Herceg Novi
Date: 06/22/2021
Time: 05:09 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Hello,
I noticed this strange creature on the beach the other day, maybe not even a bug but possibly it is. It was on the beach in the evening, mid June. Quite big in size, about 6-8 cm.
I’d appreciate if you could help identify it.
Thanks
How you want your letter signed:  Elena R

European Sawyer

Dear Elena,
This is a Longicorn Beetle in the family Cerambycidae, and we believe it is Monochamus sartor.  According to Cerambycidae, the range is “Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.”  It is also pictured on BioLib.

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