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Bramble sawfly

Paul Iddon

Paul Iddon

Moderator
It flew into the kitchen and landed on the inside of the window. I know it looks like outer space, but that's the fill-in flash picking up the flaws....

Anyway, I put my fingers in front of it and managed a couple of photos before it flew away and back to the garden (bad timing on my part!)

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Paul.
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
This critter mistook you for a bramble! Not too smart!

It’s essentially a miniature wasp creature without a pinched waist, LOL!

Pretty!

Asher
 
Asher Kelman

Asher Kelman

OPF Owner/Editor-in-Chief
Paul Iddon said:
There are around 550 species of sawfly in the UK, many that are more striking to see than these.

Paul.
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I wonder, do each of these have different taste for various brambles, or what?

I wonder whether they are different in behavior and life style!!

Asher
 
Paul Iddon

Paul Iddon

Moderator
From what I read, it's only the bramble sawfly larvae are associated with the plant. The adults feed in hogweed.

Honeysuckle sawfly feed on on honeysuckle - and most of the other species has its own favoured plant.

Paul.
 
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