Tenthredo brevicornis
A fairly large lemon-yellow and black sawfly similar to several other related species. (Males of Tenthredo arcuata, brevicornis, notha & schaefferi cannot be separated).
Flower rich grassland, especially where umbellifers are present.
June to September.
Adults are nectar feeders usually found on umbellifer flowers.
Widespread in the southern half of Britain.
Uncommon or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Burbage Common
21 July 2016
male - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Ullesthorpe Stewardship Farm
15 June 2015
mating pair - specimen examined
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 2
- First record:
- 15/06/2015 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 21/07/2016 (Calow, Graham)
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Ulverscroft
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