Tenthredo livida Linnaeus 1758 (Family Tenthredinidae)


Male

Female

With Prey


Larva on Sorbus aucuparia

Length: 11-15mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
? (Earliest: 5.9) ? May - August
(Earliest: 16.5)

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Spruce Forest Edge

Gardens
Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Rosa canina

Sorbus aucuparia

Lamium album

Corylus avellana

Viburnum opulus

Fraxinus excelsior

Lonicera periclymenum

Pteridium aquilinum

Athyrium filix-femina
Possible Food:
(Larva)
(Polyphagous)

Epilobium

Plantago

Salix
Food:
(Adult)

Insecta

Anthriscus sylvestris Nectar, Pollen

Heracleum sphondylium Nectar, Pollen
Parasitoids:
Several Ichneumonidae Larvae
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Several Braconidae Larvae

Several Tachinidae Larvae

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


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