02.03.21
In my 36 years of existence, I’v never seen one of these beetles. I was informed by a very helpful guy from ‘The Pollinator Project’, who was passing by as I was taking photos, that these are now very rare insects and encouraged me to record the finding. Apparently once their eggs hatch, they wait on plants to hitch a ride on bees who then take them back their nest where the larva feed on the bees eggs and emerge the next spring!
Canon EOS 70D - EFS 55-250 USM
150mm / ƒ7.1 / 1/100s / ISO 320