Euura scutellata
Greenish-yellow in life. The dorsal face of the antennae are black, the postocellar area, more or less the mesonotum and the scutellum. The abdominal dorsum is usually with two rows of black spots, but often more or less black. On the legs the apices of the hind tibiae and tarsi are blackish. In the male the scutellum is dark with a pale anterior margin.
Larvae feed on pines and firs.
Size: 7.0 - 9.0mm.
Status: Common
Distribution: England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland
Flight period: Assumed April to September
Plant associations: Picea spp. and Abies spp. (pines and firs)
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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
Muche, W.H., 1974. Die Nematinengattungen Pristiphora Latreille, Pachynematus Konow und Nematus Panzer (Hym., Temthredinidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 21(1/3), pp.1-137.
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