Hym:Tenthredinidae
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Metallus lanceolatus (Thomson, 1870)
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ventral view of head
ventral view of anal ring

 

Food Plant: Geum (Avens/Herb Bennet)

Mine: Bivoltine: summer & early autumn.

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: A full depth blotch. Frass black and plentiful. Local. (Formerly called Metallus gei). The larva has sclerotizations of the thoracic segments (as shown) and also of the anal ring (lower photo)

Data: 19.vi.2006, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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