Aglaostigma fulvipes
Aglaostigma fulvipes is one of two species of Aglaostigma in Britain and Ireland. This species occurs later than aucupariae and is perhaps less frequent. Aglaostigma fulvipes is blackish with a red girdle but is marked with creamy-yellow laterally and ventrally and on the head (often extensively in males but much less so in females).
Larvae feed on bedstraws. Females lay the eggs into a stem and often cut the stem partially through just above the laying site.
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Size: 7 - 9mm
GB IUCN Status: Least Concern
GB Rarity Status: None
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: April to June
Plant associations: Galium spp. incl. mollugo and verum (bedstraws incl. hedge and lady's
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes male
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes male
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes male
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes ovipositing on Lady’s Bedstraw Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes egg site and damage Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes first instar larvae Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes first instar larva Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes first instar larva Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes late instar larva Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes late instar larva Credit Andrew Green
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- Aglaostigma fulvipes late instar larva Credit Andrew Green
References:
Benson, R.B., 1952. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Vol 6, Section 2(a-c), Royal Entomological Society, London
Liston A, Knight G, Sheppard D, Broad G, Livermore L (2014) Checklist of British and Irish Hymenoptera - Sawflies, ‘Symphyta’. Biodiversity Data Journal 2: e1168. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.2.e1168
Musgrove, A.J. 2023. A review of the status of sawflies of Great Britain - Phase 2: The Athaliidae and the Tenthredinidae (excluding Nematinae). Natural England, unpublished