Macrophya annulata

Length: 11 - 12 mm. This is a black sawfly but the abdomen has a broad orange-red band. Macrophya typically have long hind legs and have a convex labrum (as opposed to the flat one in Tenthredo species). Macrophya annulata is a mimic of a pompilid wasp and is one of the first sawflies one learns to recognise in the field.

Macrophya blanda is similar except for having a white base to the rear coxa. See LINK.

Associated with Dog Rose.

May and June

Widespread in England and Wales.

Status in Leicestershire and Rutland not known.