Wasp Beetle Clytus arietis

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Classification Order: Coleoptera– Long Horns Family: Cerambycidae

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Length .Up to 20mm.

Phenology

Found from May until August.

Identification

This Longhorn Beetle is a Wasp Mimic and this black and yellow banded beetle is harmless.Its bowed Yellow upper banding helps set it apart form other similar longhorns
Life Cycle

It breeds in the decaying wood of deciduous trees.and can be often seen resting on leaves

Habitat

Well wooded areas and hedgerow vegetation.

IMAGE COURTESY (C) GEOFF FOALE 2017