Do you have an approximate size? It looks like it could be one of the false click beetles (Eucnemidae), not sure of the species because there are so many. Shouldn't really be a problem as an adult if it is one of them. Larvae eat decomposing wood and fungi, but adults don't eat much of anything.
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