Figwort Sawfly
Tenthredo scrophulariae
The adult figwort sawfly is a wasp-like insect found around woodland edges, hedgerows, gardens, and places where figwort grows. It flies readily in warm weather and visits flowers for nectar, while many adults also take small soft-bodied insects. Despite its wasp-like warning colors, it is a sawfly and lacks the narrow wasp waist and stinging weapon of many true wasps. Females use a saw-like egg-laying organ to place eggs in plant tissue.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Figwort Sawfly