Euura spiraeae
Female 5 to 6 mm. Males are extremely rare. Abdomen always partly pale below, but mostly black above, and cerci not reaching hack as far as of the narrow sawsheath. The mesopleura and the orbits behind the eyes are mainly black as are the front and middle lobes of the mesonotum. The species is most often recorded at the larval stage on its host plant Buck's-beard (Aruncus dioicus).
Larva 
if recorded on the Aruncus host plant.
Larva: Please provide a photograph and state the host plant.
Gardens etc. where the host plant host plant Buck's-beard (Aruncus dioicus) is present.
Flight period: Multivoltine, April to September.
Locally common in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
Peter Smith
Leicester, Abbey Park
Sensory Garden
05 July 2022
Larvae on Aruncus
Peter Smith
Leicester, Abbey Park
Sensory Garden
05 July 2022
Initial damage by young larvae
Peter Smith
Leicester, Abbey Park
Sensory Garden
05 July 2022
Skeletonized leaf
Peter Smith
Leicester, Abbey Park
Sensory Garden
05 July 2022
Larvae on Aruncus
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 05/07/2022 (Smith, Peter)
- Last record:
- 05/07/2022 (Smith, Peter)
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