Oil Beetle

Found at several locations between PORTHGAIN-STRUMBLE HEAD

'Meloe Proscarabaeus' A flightless Beetle / Emits an oily liquid when alarmed / Feeds on vegetation.
Female digs a burrow / lays thousands of eggs / which hatch into Larvae / Larvae attach to foraging bees / transported to bees nest / larvae eat eggs - pollen - nectar and develop into adults.