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Orange Sawfly

Pamphilius betulae

Photo by LarsKorb
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Description:

Just spotted this guy sitting in the last rays of the sun on a nettle leaf..

Species ID Suggestions

Orange Sawfly

Pamphilius betulae

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ChunXingWong
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Comments (14)
LarsKorb
Awesome - finally an ID! Thanks a lot ChunXingWong!
LarsKorb
maybe also a Scorpion Wasp in some late juvenile state?
bayucca
I would not think of a stonefly due to the different anatomic structures. As I remember stoneflies have some kind of "tail". I just checked for some Blattwespen, but didn't find any match. I would once give-up with stoneflies and try other insect larvae, maybe in some wasp families??
LarsKorb
It looks a bit like a Stonefly larva of perlesta decipiens, except the black back and wings...hm. This one riddles me for ages now...
LarsKorb
Thanks for the hints, Ashish - I'll track that...
Ashish
May following links help you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plecoptera http://tolweb.org/Plecoptera
Ashish
I think you got similar to Yellow stone fly.
Ashish
I think its in Plecoptera order of insects
lori.tas
Lars, try this site: http://www.kerbtier.de/cgi-bin/deXIdentify.cgi
LarsKorb
DAN! :) Any idea for this one?

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