Help with ID please:
Could anyone help me to identify this insect please? I think it's a hoverfly of some kind but am not sure. I found it in the garden over the weekend (Shocklach, south Cheshire).
Help with ID please
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Re: Help with ID please
Not a Hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae).
It is in fact a Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta).
The species is Tenthredo temula (= T.celtica). See here: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... BA&dur=371
Hope that helps. Don't forget to put it into RODIS please and also into the Garden Bioblitz site at: http://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/ - Many thanks.
Cheers.
Steve
It is in fact a Sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta).
The species is Tenthredo temula (= T.celtica). See here: http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=h ... BA&dur=371
Hope that helps. Don't forget to put it into RODIS please and also into the Garden Bioblitz site at: http://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/ - Many thanks.
Cheers.
Steve
Re: Help with ID please
Thank you Steve.
Alison
Alison
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You're welcome Alison.