Wasp beetle

Clytus arietis
Longhorn beetles (Cerambycidae)

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Black yellow beetle with little hair, back and neck shield with yellow markings. A black head with brown antennae and long red yellow legs. 

Day-active on flowers and deciduous wood, it flies when threatened which makes it look like a wasp so it is often left alone by birds. When in motion, it resembles a wasp. Larvae feed on wood, adults eat mostly pollen.

⇔ l. 9-18 mm

LA:
≈ The CHLOROPHORUS VARIUS is inversely coloured, yellow with black markings.
≈ And the RUTPELA MACULATA (Spotted longhorn) is thinner, smoother and with an equal amount of yellow and black.

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