ID Request - Beetle / Flying Bug - South East Texas

What you have there is a species of metallic wood boring beetle.
The family it belongs to is the Buprestidae.
The adults themselves are harmless to humans or otherwise however, the larvae are found living under the bark of trees and can aid in their eventual demise as they transmit diseases to the tree.
You may be seeing them in numbers because the area you are clearing is now rife with a lot of attractive odors from the cut trees and brush.
Fresh cut trees are known to attract the adults of these beetles as their sensitive antennae are able to pick up the scent from miles...
I do not know the particular species here but, we have some enthusiasts/members here on the forum that live in Texas so I'm certain they could give you the species name.

I have had those land on me also. They are typically found on pine trees or downed pine logs, sometimes on telephone poles. I once found a pair of them on the side of a freshly painted building, presumably attracted to the paint fumes. Another buprestid species, Buprestis lineata, has landed on me several times while I was wearing a dark blue shirt that might have looked like a burned tree to the beetles. Several buprestid species are known to be attracted to trees that have been struck by lightning.

Buprestis rufipes, one of my all-time favorites, is notoriously hard to find, even though they are supposed to be fairly common. I have captured only 3 of them in 60 years of collecting. I know of no reliable way of attracting them. Lampetis drummondi is very cool also. I've always considered its range to be west TX & further west, like L. webbi. If it also occurs in central TX, I'd like to know where.

Rook, here's a link to some L. drummondi info:

texasento.net/Lampetis.htm