Alder sawfly by durleybeachbum
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Description
Eriocampa ovata
Size 6 to 7 mm. The adult sawfly has a black head and abdomen and dark orange thorax
Habitat is around Alder trees
and it can be seen May to August
Life History: The larvae are up to 2 cm long and covered in a white powdery substance. They camouflage themselves as bird droppings. The white powdery substance is easily rubbed off and in the final instar, when feeding is finished, the white powder is lost and the larva adopts a pale green appearance. There are two generations each year
I am so pleased I managed to ID this! I have never seen one before, and it was indeed near lots of Alder.
Comments (20)
An excellent capture, very crisp and clear.
cool !!
Excellent shot of this little fellow and thanks for the info :)
Superb capture Andrea. God bless.
Nice close-up shot of this tiny creature.Wonderful deatail.
Great capture, surprised it stayed still!!!
Wow. This is a fantastic shot. Bravo
nicely done!
Well done for such a detailed close-up shot. You have a great eye for spotting the opportunity and that is not as easy as it seems.
Fantastic capture! .)
It has a unique red heart shaped motif for a thorax, AMAZING!
GREAT SHOT
Beautiful shot !
Very cool capture
Superlative macro of the sawfly atop the beautifully textured leaf. The alder I get, the more impressed I am by your extensive knowledge of arachnids, insects, flora, lichen and fungi, Andrea.
Excellent shot, Andrea; I wouldn't know where to begin trying to ID these things!
A splendid macro and description. I wonder if you have ever considered submitting images to one publication or another dealing with insects?
I call these red back fly's lol great shot girl.
An excellent macro capture and certainly new to me!
Looks slightly evil.