I found this creature on my driveway this morning. With his bright spots and come-hither antennae, he was fairly howling at me to take a photo. But…what is this bug? I’ve never seen the one like it before.
Update 6/30:
I showed the picture to my son this morning, and he said, “Oh, yeah, I saw that. It was next to Mama’s bicycle. It’s a カミキリ虫” (kamikiri mushi, “paper-cutting insect”).
Past the Isle of Dogs 
It looks like a white spotted sawyer beetle. However, you being in Japan, it may be his third cousin once removed on his Asian side!
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Asian Longhorned beetle?
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Yep, it’s an Asian Longhorned beetle…positive i.d. on the internet. Definitely a relative, they look the same!
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Wow, you are both officially beetle experts. I looked these two beetles up and they seem quite similar in appearance, so it could be either. A species called a “Japanese sawyer beetle” dos exist, but then again it could be an Asian longhorned beetle, given I live in Asia. Whatever it is, it seems to think highly of itself.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_long-horned_beetle
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https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/CAPS/pestInfo/japPineSawyer.htm
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I like his handlebar mustache.
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He’d look cool on a Harley.
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Thanks for following my blog. Love the photo!
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Thank YOU!
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