Eutomostethus ephippium
5-7mm. This sawfly is black with red on the top of the thorax. The black legs have a pale band around the joint of the femora and tibia.
Eriocampa ovata is similar but is more heavily punctured on the head and thorax and the orange on the thorax is restricted to the dorsal surface only.
Grassy places.
It flies from May
Larvae feed on grasses of the Poa family.
Fairly frequent especially in southern Britain
Common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
David Nicholls
Kelham Bridge NR
08 May 2024
David Nicholls
Ulverscroft NR
11 June 2010
Kate Nightingale
Charnwood Lodge
15 May 2014
Ian Harding
Sence Valley Country Park
10 June 2022
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
19 June 2021
Ian Harding
Sence Valley Country Park
10 June 2022
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 11
- First record:
- 11/06/2010 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 26/05/2024 (Nicholls, David)
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Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
17 May 2021
female specimen examined
David Nicholls
Bardon Hill
20 August 2021
Ian Harding
Sence Valley Country Park
10 June 2022
David Nicholls
Desford
25 May 2015
Barbara Cooper
Long Clawson
19 June 2021
David Nicholls
Kelham Bridge NR
08 May 2024
