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Sawfly

DateWed 2013-07-03

A black sawfly with orange legs: probably a male Tenthredo atra (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae).  In males the abdomen is all black; in females it is orange and black.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-06-29.

AuthorTristram Brelstaff | CommentPost a Comment |
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