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Classification Order: Hymenoptera Family: Symphyta

Length 10 -12 mm

Phenology Adults May to August

Identification


A distictive sawfly and easily recognised in both its adult and larval stages. The adult is a large (10 mm or more) black and yellow striped wasp mimic , but especially distinctive in so far as it possesses bright orange antennae. Larvae are a dusty gre

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Life Cycle The larvae feed on Figwort plants and are usually seen in August and September. The adults are carnivores mostly , preying on small flies and other entomology.

Habitat Any habitat where Figwort plants are present.

 

By Richard Avery (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

IMAGE GEOFF FOALE (C) 2017

IMAGE GEOFF FOALE (C) 2017