The wasp beetle, Clytus arietis, does a good job of mimicking a hunting wasp but is harmless. Its larvae live in deciduous timber.
This one was taking a break on a dog daisy growing at the edge of a woodland ride, once a railway, on the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Thorpe Marsh nature reserve, near Doncaster.
Beautiful photograph Richard. What a stunning beetle. Thanks for posting this.
If it could add the membranous wings, it would have the perfect disguise.