Tenthredo colon Klug 1817 (Family Tenthredinidae)


Larva on Pteridium aquilinum

Length: 10-13mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? September
(Earliest: 15.7)
? May - August
(Earliest: 14.5)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest Edge
Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Epilobium angustifolium

Epilobium hirsutum

Potentilla erecta

Circaea lutetiana

Pteridium aquilinum
Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Ranunculus

Geranium

Salix
Food:
(Adult)

Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar
Parasitoids:
Cosmoconus elongator Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Several Tachinidae Larvae

Nature Spot: Tenthredo colon
Plant Parasites of Europe: Tenthredo colon


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