Macrophya annulata
Length: 11 - 12 mm. This is a mainly black sawfly but with a broad orange-red band on the abdomen. 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.
Graham Calow
Sapcote
29 May 2014
David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
29 May 2014
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
20 May 2020
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
David Nicholls
Cloud Wood
20 May 2020
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Sawflies
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 12
- First record:
- 16/05/2014 (Nicholls, David)
- Last record:
- 07/06/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote
29 May 2014
specimen examined
Graham Calow
Sapcote
29 May 2014
mating pair - specimens examined
David Nicholls
Stonesby Quarry
16 May 2014
AJ Cann
Bloody Oaks
29 May 2016
AJ Cann
Bloody Oaks
29 May 2016
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
Mark Skevington
Ketton Quarry
17 May 2020
