Checked

Mono Monday theme is Check. I went down the garden to check what insect life was out and about. Quite a few bees and flies as it happened and far more than last week when it was so hot. So I suppose they are a lot happier in the more normal 21C and muggy to which  we now seem to have reverted.
I found this red and black beetle. No idea what it is , but having consulted Google,  it could be a “checkered beetle". What a massive bit of luck and a coincidence that would be, but it's probably something else much less appropriate.