Euura ribesii

Gooseberry Sawfly

Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly. Usually associated with the larval food plants which are gooseberries and blackcurrants and similar. Adult quite small with a bright orange abdomen.


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Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly
Adult on Hogweed
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Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly
Sawfly with Hoverfly
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Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly
Adult on Hogweed
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Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly
Front view

Photograph detail


Slide 1: Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly. Adult nectar feeding on Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. June.


Slide 2: Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly. Adult nectar feeding on Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium. Also showing a Hoverfly, Syrphus vitripennis. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. June.


Slide 3: Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly. Adult nectar feeding on Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. June.


Slide 4: Euura ribesii, Gooseberry Sawfly. Adult nectar feeding on Hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium. Disused railway. Hargill, Redmire. June.