Sunday, August 22, 2004

Figwort Sawfly

The latest addition to our garden fauna is this wasp-sized sawfly. The larvae feed on Mullein (Verbascum) and other scrophulariaceae.

Figwort Sawfly (Tenthredo scrophulariae)


Nikon CP995.

Many thanks to Bioimages and Steve Covey for helping to confirm the identification.

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