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Classification Order: Hymenoptera Family: Symphyta

Length 7-10 mm

Phenology May to July

Identification The adult is black and a creamy yellow with strikingly marked head and thorax

Life Cycle The Larave feed on leaf tissue- Figworts , Ash

Similars Others in the genbus Pachyprotasis

Life Cycle The nocturnal larvae feed on the leaves of various plants such as Figwort and Ash

Habitat

James Lindsey at Ecology of Commanster [CC BY-SA 2.5 or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons