All posts tagged sawflies

female Apethymus serotinus feature

Pan recording: the sawfly Apethymus serotinus at Great Chalfield

Now, whilst I appreciate that not everyone will be as excited about this record as I am, the three images below are of a female Apethymus serotinus taken on October 10th at Great Chalfield. A Quercus (oak) specialist, this is …

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pear slug feature

Two ‘first’ sawflies, Great Chalfield

I am getting slightly hooked on sawflies - a difficult task as there are hundreds of look-alike species, some are very tiny, and there is no handy guide

Agapanthia villosoviridescens feature

Panrecording: Help, I think I’m obsessed…

It may well be just the result of a certain character trait that means I obsess over 'new things', but I am getting seriously hooked on this whole

xanthogramma pedissequum feature

Wasp – or just ‘wasp-like’?

More notes from the wonderful world of 'How did I not know this stuff was out there?", aka 'Wandering around Great Chalfield having fun and learning something

  

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