Euura spiraeae

Euura spiraeae

Alternative names
Buck's-beard Sawfly
Description

Female 5 to 6 mm.  Males are extremely rare. Abdomen always partly pale below, but mostly black above, and cerci not reaching hack as far as of the narrow sawsheath. The mesopleura and the orbits behind the eyes are mainly black as are the front and middle lobes of the mesonotum.  The species is most often recorded at the larval stage on its host plant Buck's-beard (Aruncus dioicus).

Identification difficulty

Larva if recorded on the Aruncus host plant.

Recording advice

Larva: Please provide a photograph and state the host plant.

Habitat

Gardens etc. where the host plant host plant Buck's-beard (Aruncus dioicus) is present.

When to see it

Flight period: Multivoltine, April to September.

UK Status

Locally common in Britain.

VC55 Status

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.

Leicestershire & Rutland Map

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Additional images

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