Dolerus madidus
Length 9 to 11 mm. A sawfly with a largely orange but black-tipped abdomen. It also conspicuously hairy.
Damp areas where Juncus species are present.
Mainly March to June.
Associated with Juncus species.
Widespread but rather local in Britain.
Infrequent or under recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Kate Nightingale
Lea Meadows
20 April 2016
Kate Nightingale
Lea Meadows
20 April 2016
Kate Nightingale
Lea Meadows
20 April 2016
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 20/04/2016 (Nightingale, Kate)
- Last record:
- 20/04/2016 (Nightingale, Kate)
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