Senior Citizen at Mjällå - _TNY_9613

I came across a rather old bee beetle (Trichius fasciatus) with grey hair on a meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) near a bend in the Mjällån river running through the Mjällådalen Nature Reserve in mid-August of 2024.

 

Before becoming old and grey, this little dude would have looked more like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/49200431416/

Done