Alder sawfly by durleybeachbum

Photography • Insects • posted on Jun 26, 2013

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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)

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jayfar

10:13AM | Wed, 26 June 2013

An excellent capture, very crisp and clear.

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Juliette.Gribnau

10:40AM | Wed, 26 June 2013

cool !!

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helanker

10:50AM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Excellent shot of this little fellow and thanks for the info :)

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kgb224

11:12AM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

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Jay-el-Jay

11:21AM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Nice close-up shot of this tiny creature.Wonderful deatail.

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jendellas

12:52PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Great capture, surprised it stayed still!!!

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Celart

1:39PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Wow. This is a fantastic shot. Bravo

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m_j_s

1:43PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

nicely done!

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Mark-David-Rogers

2:23PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

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.

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emmecielle

3:11PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Fantastic capture! .)

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kaward

5:05PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

It has a unique red heart shaped motif for a thorax, AMAZING!

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sandra46

5:47PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

GREAT SHOT

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Cyve

5:50PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Beautiful shot !

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Faemike55

7:12PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

Very cool capture

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goodoleboy

7:17PM | Wed, 26 June 2013

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.

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