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Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana

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image species author location uploaded taken select
Large Rose Sawfly Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana dylan Laundry Lane 13 Sep 2024, 8:18 p.m. 13 Sep 2024, 11:14 a.m.
Large Rose Sawfly Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana dylan Laundry Lane 13 Sep 2024, 8:18 p.m. 13 Sep 2024, 11:15 a.m.
Large Rose Sawfly Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana dylan Laundry Lane 15 Dec 2021, 4:20 p.m. 1 Aug 2021, 2:39 p.m.
Large Rose Sawfly Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana dylan Laundry Lane 18 Jan 2021, 10:20 a.m. 21 Jul 2020, 9:57 a.m.
Large Rose Sawfly Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana dylan Laundry Lane 18 Jan 2021, 10:20 a.m. 21 Jul 2020, 9:57 a.m.
Large Rose Sawfly Large Rose Sawfly - Arge pagana dylan Laundry Lane 18 Jan 2021, 10:20 a.m. 21 Jul 2020, 9:58 a.m.

Species Description

Common an widespread throughout the UK especially in the South. Habitat includes: gardens, parks, allotments, cemeteries, hedgerows, woodland, scrub etc. Flight period: March to June. Length: Adult = 10mm. Female cuts open a fresh shoot of the host plant (usually roses) slicing along it with its saw like mouth part she then lays eggs into the cut. which then hatch and eat the leaves of the host starting with the fresh shoots. Other names include: Dark-shouldered Rose Fuse-horn. 2 forms in Britain: var. pagana (has the head, thorax and legs entirely black), var. stephensii (yellow labrum, middle and hind coxae, femora and tibiae).