CaeslinSawfly larva charm point #1: Their round heads and beady little eyes, which make them look like an adorable cartoon rendition of a caterpillar. #insects #bugphoto #bugstodon #sawflies
Sawfly larva charm point #3: The thing they do where they curl up into little spirals. #insects #bugphoto #bugstodon #sawflies
Sawfly larva charm point #2: So many stylish polka dot patterns. #insects #bugphoto #bugstodon #sawflies
myrmepropagandistHere is a great video to start your day from tumblr:
(A video showing various hymenopterans: bees, wasps, ants, collecting pollen, eating and climbing on plants cheerful inspirational text matches the lyrics of the classic song from The Killers "All These Things That I've Done" At the end of the video text flashes that says "i forgot sawflies" ... EVERYONE forgets the #sawflies)
Alex WildA female cattle-poisoning sawfly, Lophyrotoma interrupta, lifts off. Presumably to poison some cattle? Who knows. (Australia).
Gaël CovainLyda à Tête Rouge (Acantholyda erythrocephala), une femelle reconnaissable à sa tête entièrement rouge.
Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), avril 2023
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Red-headed pine sawfly / Pine false webworm (Acantholyda erythrocephala), female given its completely red head.
Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), april 2023
#acantholydaerythrocephala #lydaàtêterouge #lydaateterouge #redheadedpinesawfly #pinefalsewebworm #acantholyda #pamphiliidae #symphyta #symphytes #mouchesàscie #sawflies #dunesdufortvert #eden62 #hautsdefrance #insectedefrance #hautsdefrancenature #insectesdefrance #insecte #insectes #nature
Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), avril 2023
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Red-headed pine sawfly / Pine false webworm (Acantholyda erythrocephala), female given its completely red head.
Dunes du Fort Vert (Marck), april 2023
#acantholydaerythrocephala #lydaàtêterouge #lydaateterouge #redheadedpinesawfly #pinefalsewebworm #acantholyda #pamphiliidae #symphyta #symphytes #mouchesàscie #sawflies #dunesdufortvert #eden62 #hautsdefrance #insectedefrance #hautsdefrancenature #insectesdefrance #insecte #insectes #nature
LionelBThis is an invasive from Asia, sadly. Especially unfortunate as elm is already having a disastrous time.
No surprise at all to learn that it is called ZigZag!
Coprolite9000 - PixelfedSome of today's bugs - a rather feisty sawfly (Tenthredo mesomela?) on nettles, a common drone fly (Eristalis tenax) on a bramble flower, another Rutpela maculata beetle, this time scaling the rhododendrons - and a tiny little longhorn beetle (Grammoptera ruficornis?).
(These are edited highlights from perhaps 20 minutes with my camera!)
#beetles #sawflies #hoverflies #insects #macrophotography #Derbyshire
(These are edited highlights from perhaps 20 minutes with my camera!)
#beetles #sawflies #hoverflies #insects #macrophotography #Derbyshire
Colin PurringtonI think this a bristly rose sawfly (Cladius pectinicornis), a gregarious defoliator introduced from Europe. Can also be reared on strawberry so I might try maturing some to adulthood on potted, netted plants. Males have bizarre, pectinate (comb-like) antennae. #sawflies #roses #hymenoptera #insects #rosa #pests