I love how the sunlight caught the beautiful designs on the cinnamon bark of the Crepe Myrtle in our neighbour’s garden.
I hope no-one tells me that this beetle is a voracious eater of all things blue! It seemed to be collecting nectar. Is it a Milkweed bug? 
We had Pimms in the garden on this very hot day and put Borage flowers in with the cucumber.
Heyjude
July 24, 2019 at 10:07 pm
Ark’s right yet again (when is he ever wrong?) my Eryngium are swarming with them – twosomes, threesomes! No wonder it is also known as the ‘bonking beetle’ Must be something about the plant that attracts them 🙂 And no, not harmful. In fact the Larvae prey on slugs and snails.
tech4u13
July 24, 2019 at 8:00 am
😺
Arkenaten
July 23, 2019 at 9:23 pm
Here you go, Sally. ….
Common red soldier beetle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_red_soldier_beetle