Pristiphora conjugata
5.5-6.5mm. An orange-bodied sawfly with a black mesonotum (top of the thorax). Legs are orange. The wings are dark-tinted and with a bi-coloured stigma (less pronounced in males). Larvae feed gregariously and are pale green in the middle and yellow front and rear, with a black head.
Larva of Cladius grandis are similar but these have large black spots on the sides compared with the more numerous small spots on Pristiphora conjugata.
Larva feed on poplars and willows.
Adults: April-June then July-August.
Uncommon.
Uncommon.
Melinda Bell
Hathern,allotments wildlife area
01 September 2024
early instar feeding from leaf tip
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- 01/09/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
- Last record:
- 01/09/2024 (Bell, Melinda)
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