Hit in the head by large brown beetle with long antennae

 

Which serves me right for sitting next to an open window at night with the light on. The beetle zoomed in and started dashing itself repeated on my head. I think this is Orthosoma brunneum, one of the longhorn beetles whose larvae feed in decaying wood. Evidently I bear some resemblance to dead wood…

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