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Monochamus scutellatus
About 2 inches long and mean looking.
Grove in Smoky National Park
Please consider adding this spotting to Insects of TN at: projectnoah.org/missions/11532372
This is a type of Longhorn Beetle, the Whitespotted Sawyer. The males have the single white spot on their back. Looks like he'd get great radio reception. :)