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Abia sericea (Linnaeus) (a clubhorned sawfly)

Date:	22 July 2004
OS grid ref:	SU73
Lat/Lon:	51° 0' N, 0° 60' W
Location:	Vice County: North Hampshire, VC12, England
Voucher:	22/07/2004[F] (Please quote this in any queries about this record)
Stage or 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).