Bug/Beetle ID

[Semi hemi]

Anybody of an entomological bent like to ID this for me, some kind of Beetle was my guess but had no luck on a trawl through various bud ID sites on 'tinterweb, size wise, it is about 2.5 cm x 1 cm and it was found in Glen Affric, Nr Plodda Falls

Edited by Semi hemi on Friday 21st December 12:15

[Nightmare]

wow that's awesome - looks like cross between a cockchafer and a bumblebee!
Not a sodding clue - will go and consult my books!

[bexVN]

Another awesome here bit also no idea!!

[Semi hemi]

I have since been informed it is a Bee Beetle
Kinda obvious when you think about it

[bexVN]

however I've never seen one before so it's still amazing to me. There must be a reason why it looks like a bee.

[Simpo Two]

bexVN said:

There must be a reason why it looks like a bee.

So it can wander into beehives and eat honey without being set upon by the residents?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

bexVN said:

There must be a reason why it looks like a bee.

I'm sure there's an evolutionary driver to make it look as it does, but I doubt it's got anything to do with bees. A work with a woman who looks like a hippo. But it isn't because she want's to swim in African rivers without getting noticed.

[Semi hemi]

Simpo Two said:

bexVN said:

There must be a reason why it looks like a bee.

So it can wander into beehives and eat honey without being set upon by the residents?

^^Possibly this and and maybe as a deterrent for predetors. As I said, I have discovered WHAT it is, but any other info has so far been pretty sparse

[HedgehogFromHell]

The bee beetles are scarab beetles of the subfamily Trichiinae, which is sometimes included in the Cetoniinae as a tribe.
They have hairy sides of the elytra like their relatives, and the upperside of the elytra is usually yellow with prominent black blotches which form incomplete bands. This, and the fact that seen from the side they resemble a hairy plump bee, has given them their common name.