Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 red and black sawfly?
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| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 27-08-2010 23:14
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Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Has anyone any idea as to what this rather handsome sawfly, photographed on nettles (Urtica dioica) at the Radley Lakes (Oxfordshire) in early June, might be? Apologies for the poor quality of the photo, but it was not exactly ideally posed for a good shot. Quite small. Serrations in leaf should give idea of scale. Black and white/yellow annulations on legs are less clear in this shot than in another I managed to take.
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| jorgen |
Posted on 28-08-2010 20:42
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Member Location: Belgium Posts: 75 Joined: 25.07.05 |
Athalia rosae, easy to recognise from the other Athalia's by the orange front and back part of the thorax. |
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| Basil Crowley |
Posted on 05-09-2010 00:58
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Member Location: Southern England Posts: 58 Joined: 21.04.09 |
Wow! A positive id from a less-than-perfect photo. Brilliant! Thanks Jorgen, that is most helpful.  |
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