What a strange looking fellow!

Honestly, this Carpender Bee looks like something AI would generate but he was very real and calmly walking around the edge of the feeding tray at the Back Porch Cafe this morning.  I never noticed the spikes before.  One got into the house the other day, but I didn't photograph it before I captured it and released it.  Those eyes!  There are many kinds of Carpender Bee so maybe this is the Punk Rock variety!