Nematinus fuscipennis
6 to 7.5 mm. A stocky orange and black species with dark wings (except for yellow on the apical half of the stigma). Females have the head, thorax and first two tergites black and the remainder of the abdomen orange. In males the orange is more extensive but at least the clypeus, tegula and pronotum are black. The larva has a greyish green body with a paler underside, orange head and white spots distributed evenly all over.
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Areas where Alder, the larval foodplant, is present.
Flight period: May to July.
The larvae feed on Alder.
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain.
Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.
stepgray4
Ulverscroft NR
26 September 2021
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 26/09/2021 (Gray, Stephen)
- Last record:
- 26/09/2021 (Gray, Stephen)
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