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23-08-2011, 09:16 AM
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| | | Small yellow black bee with crisscross thorax help pls
As ever, I'd be very grateful for a steer please. Sorry not many angles - others were just landing and take-off!   |
23-08-2011, 09:18 AM
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| | | Re: Small yellow black bee with crisscross thorax help pls
some kind of sawfly?
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23-08-2011, 09:20 AM
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PS I'm now thinking I shouldn't have said bee?!  |
23-08-2011, 09:21 AM
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Crossed in the post! But that would make more sense, thanks asheleaf! |
23-08-2011, 09:22 AM
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| | | Re: Small yellow black bee with crisscross thorax help pls
Hi Rhona,
its a sawfly, possibly Arge pagana. 
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23-08-2011, 09:47 AM
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Thanks diggleken. That was a very good steer that took me to Arge ochropus - do you think?
I found a pic on uknature that says > In Britain there are two species of large rose sawfly: Arge pagana and Arge ochropus. The adult insects of both species have yellow abdomens; A.ochropus has legs, thorax and heads being mostly orange-yellow, the legs having black rings towards the feet. Arge pagana is the more common species and has a completely black thorax and legs <
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23-08-2011, 05:16 PM
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| | | Re: Small yellow black bee with crisscross thorax help pls
Best to use the HYMIS photo database, this looks like one I have and I think is Tenthredinidae, Athalia circularis..
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23-08-2011, 06:48 PM
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23-08-2011, 07:08 PM
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23-08-2011, 09:00 PM
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I don't care whether it's practise, superior genes or pure genius that makes an expert... just as long as you're there with your amazing links, Janet! | | | |
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