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.
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.