Tenthredo zona
One of the smaller black and yellow banded species. The fore wing stigma is bicolorous being yellow with a darker apex.
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Associated with dry heaths and chalk downs, especially where Perforate St John's-wort is present.
Late April to June.
Larvae feed on St John's-wort.
An uncommon species mainly recorded in the southern half of Britain.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland. The 2020 record from Ketton is only the second record for VC55.
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 17/05/2020 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 17/05/2020 (Skevington, Mark)
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Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
