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19-05-2008, 06:53 AM
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| | | Insect ID - hornet mimic
Hello
Can anyone help me identify this specimen? It was 45-50mm from head to abdomen tip. Apologies for the poor photo. Its taken with a 2mp mobile phone.
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19-05-2008, 07:31 AM
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| | | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
One of the large sawflies, a Cimbex-type thing but I can't put a name to it at the moment. |
19-05-2008, 08:07 AM
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| | | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
Could be Cimbex connatus. |
19-05-2008, 04:33 PM
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| | | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
Could be hornet lunar clearwing moth.
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19-05-2008, 05:39 PM
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| | | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
It's a Cimbex.... and certainly not a moth! |
19-05-2008, 09:20 PM
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| | | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
Quote:
Originally Posted by eucera  It's a Cimbex.... and certainly not a moth! | And certainly not 45-50mm (or was that the wingspan? Edit: nope "head to abdomen tip" - try 20-30mm? would have to search for better indication ... ).
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24-07-2008, 10:50 AM
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| |  Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
Found the same clubbed antennae Sawfly on 19/7/08 .Body length 26mm wingspan 60mm. It was in a lorry delivering goods from Southern France.Have not yet found species name, just suspect it's Cimbex.
Anyone any more ideas? |
24-07-2008, 11:40 AM
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| |  Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
Sawfly could be Cimbex fagi Cimbex luteus or Cimbex connatus |
01-08-2008, 08:45 AM
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| | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
There are 3 Cimbex species in Britain. This appears to be the rarer Cimbex connatus. It has one record on nbn website (for 2004) and a few more at the NH Museum in London.
This specimen was found on 19/7/08 in Warwickshire in a fisherman's bivouac, and not in a lorry as first posted. |
02-08-2008, 08:10 AM
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| | | Re: Insect ID - hornet mimic
Yes, the photo appears to almost certainly be Cimbex connatus. It was photographed on 18 May in Cardiff. A subsequent visit to the site on 13 July revealed a single fifth instar larva on Italian alder.
I've been told they are very likely the first records from Wales. | | |
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