Thread subject: Diptera.info :: is this a fly or a Wasp?

Posted by Toby on 14-05-2011 21:32
#1
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Cornwall, woodland by lake

Posted by mwkozlowski on 14-05-2011 22:33
#2
a plant wasp Tenthredinidae
Edited by mwkozlowski on 14-05-2011 22:33

Posted by Toby on 14-05-2011 23:10
#3
mwkozlowski wrote:
a plant wasp Tenthredinidae


so a Sawfly in fact?

Posted by Tony Irwin on 15-05-2011 09:29
#4
Argidae? (Still a sawfly)

Posted by tristram on 15-05-2011 10:56
#5
Could be Arge berberidis, a blue-black sawfly which is now widespread in England ( see http://www.rhs.or...ris-sawfly).