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Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura

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Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura dylan Golden Hill Allotments 24 Jun 2022, 11:10 a.m. 23 Jun 2022, 1:19 p.m.
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura dylan Monk's Pond 23 May 2022, 11:08 p.m. 20 May 2022, 3:48 p.m.
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura dylan Monk's Pond 23 May 2022, 11:08 p.m. 20 May 2022, 3:47 p.m.
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura dylan Monk's Pond 23 May 2022, 11:08 p.m. 20 May 2022, 3:48 p.m.
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura dylan Monk's Pond 23 May 2022, 11:08 p.m. 20 May 2022, 3:48 p.m.
Stenurella melanura Stenurella melanura - Stenurella melanura dylan Monk's Pond 23 May 2022, 11:08 p.m. 20 May 2022, 3:49 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread in England especially in the south; scarcer elsewhere. Habitats include: Well-wooded areas with lots of flowers such as Brambles. e.g. allotments, parks, churchyards, roadside verges, scrub, wasteland, meadows, hedgerows etc. LengthL 6 - 10 mm. Life story: Larvae bore into sapwood of slender branches, trunks and decaying stumps.

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