Pachyprotasis rapae
Length: 7-10 mm. The adult is black and a creamy yellow with strikingly marked head and thorax.
Various
May to July
The nocturnal larvae feed on the leaves of various plants such as Figwort and Ash
Widespread and fairly frequent in Britain
Fairly common in Leicestershire and Rutland.
 'The Park' field Sapcote SP 4836 9325 (taken 23.5.2009)..JPG)
Graham Calow
The Park Field, Sapcote
23 May 2009
Graham Calow
Sapcote
18 June 2013
female - specimen examined
David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
18 June 2013
female - specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
18 June 2013
female - specimen examined
David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
 'The Park' field Sapcote SP 4836 9325 (taken 23.5.2009)..JPG)
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 7
- First record:
- 23/05/2009 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 29/05/2016 (Cann, Alan)
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David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
17 May 2013
male - specimen examined
Paul Ruddoch
Rhubarb Island
09 May 2015
Graham Calow
Sapcote
05 June 2013
female - specimen examined
David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
Paul Ruddoch
Rhubarb Island
09 May 2015
AJ Cann
Merry's Meadows
29 May 2016
