Stephen Dalton / Spotted longhorn beetle {Rutpela maculata} in flight over foxglove flowers, UK

Nick Upton / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata / Strangalia maculata) resting on a leaf in a woodland clearing, Wiltshire, UK, June.

Fabrice Cahez / Longhorned Beetle (Leptura maculata) on flower. Lozere, France, July.

Stephen Dalton / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) in flight to bramble flowers, UK

Andy Sands / Spotted Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata) pair mating on flower of meadow-sweet. Hertfordshire, England, UK, July.

Solvin Zankl / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) feeding on nectar of flowering rose, Germany, June

Adrian Davies / Spotted Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata) on leaf. Devon, England

Adrian Davies / Spotted Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata) on leaf. Devon, England

Stephen Dalton / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) in flight over Foxglove flowers, UK, controlled conditions

Premaphotos / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on Dog rose flower, UK.

Gary K. Smith / Spotted Longhorn beetle {Rutpela maculata} feeding on Dog rose, Norfolk, UK, June

Andy Sands / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) preening on Oxeye daisy, West Sussex, UK

Andy Sands / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on Oxeye daisy, West Sussex, UK

PREMAPHOTOS / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) on dog rose, UK.

David Kjaer / Spotted longhorn beetle {Rutpela maculata} Wiltshire, England, UK.

PREMAPHOTOS / Spotted longhorn beetle {Rutpela maculata} on foxglove flower, England, UK.

Premaphotos / Spotted longhorn beetle (Rutpela maculata) laying eggs into the wood in a fence post, UK