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Abia sericea (Linnaeus) (a clubhorned sawfly)

Date: 22 July 2004
Location: North Hampshire, England
Voucher: 22/07/2004[F]
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State: Male imago
Record Summary: Male imago on Ash and Dogwood/Clematis leaves
Identification Notes: When disturbed by photography the sawfly moved between two small patches of shrubby regrowth about 20m apart. Although of different species (Ash regrowth vs. a clump of Traveller's Joy and Dogwood) they were of similar size (about 1.5m across and 0.6m high) colour, tone, morphology (multi-stemmed regrowth) and even leaf shape (Ash and Clematis).

Images etc

naked eye photograph Dorsal - wings apart - enlarged 500 by 401 pixels
naked eye photograph Dorsal - wings together - enlarged 485 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Dorsal - wings together - enlarged 479 by 500 pixels
naked eye photograph Dorso-lateral - enlarged 500 by 488 pixels
naked eye photograph Dorso-lateral - enlarged 500 by 475 pixels
naked eye photograph Dorso-lateral - enlarged 500 by 477 pixels
naked eye photograph Head, antennae, thorax - dorsal - magnified 500 by 429 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf - close-up 500 by 492 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 428 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 481 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 439 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 433 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 473 pixels
naked eye photograph On Ash leaf 500 by 332 pixels
naked eye photograph On Clematis leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 397 pixels
naked eye photograph On Clematis leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 393 pixels
naked eye photograph On Clematis leaf - dorsal - in situ - enlarged 500 by 402 pixels
naked eye photograph Ventral - enlarged 500 by 426 pixels
naked eye photograph Ventral - enlarged 500 by 431 pixels

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