Hoplocampa testudinea
6-7mm. Adults are black on top but orange elsewhere, with a black spot on top of the orange head. Legs are orange. Eggs are laid on apple blossom and the larva feed on the developing fruit causing surface scarring.
Around apple trees.
Adults fly during April-May. Larva may be found during summer months on apples.
Uncommon but widespread in England.
Rare or under-recorded.
Mike Higgott
Broombriggs
23 July 2024
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
16 July 2025
Peter Smith
Cropston garden
16 July 2025
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- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 23/07/2024 (Higgott, Mike)
- Last record:
- 16/07/2025 (Smith, Peter)
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Peter Smith
Cropston garden
16 July 2025
