Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Beautiful black & red sawfly?

Posted by David Gibbs on 07-06-2007 15:22
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This extrodinary creature surely belongs in Pamphiliidae but i think not Pamphilius. I rarely encounter members of this family and have certainly never seen anything like this and as far as i can make out from the keys there is nohing like it in GB. Where did you find it? in a natural setting or in an urban/suburban site, anywhere near a plant nursary or dock? looks rather tropical so i wonder if it might be an import. if in natural setting what habitat?