Euura hedstroemi
A plump species that is mostly orange-yellow on the head and thorax. In the female, the abdomen is almost entirely black above up to the seventh tergite and with a pale, dark-centred spot on each side of the first tergite. Males are undescribed.
Euura hedstroemi larvae thought to feed on eared willow and grey willow.
Size: 5.5 - 6.5mm
Status: Local
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: April
Plant associations: Salix aurita and Salix atrocinerea (eared willow and grey willow)
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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
Prous, M., Liston, A., Kramp, K., Savina, H., Vårdal, H. and Taeger, A., 2019. The West Palaearctic genera of Nematinae (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). ZooKeys, 875, p.63-127