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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: picman on June 11, 2018, 14:19:42
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I saved this insect from a watery grave.. not sure of its identity ... was about 1cm long and bright green...
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Maybe a lacewing, they eat aphids if it is.
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Might be a Grasshopper
https://pixabay.com/en/grasshopper-katydid-1467413/ (https://pixabay.com/en/grasshopper-katydid-1467413/)
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Thanks but it looked more waspish ? I've not seen anything like before
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I think its a caddis fly. Could it just have emerged from your pond? as they spend their nymph stage as a favoured trout snack!
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See if you can find you rescued insect from these:
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/ (https://www.naturespot.org.uk/)
There are a lot to look through.
A preliminary glance on the sawfly pages threw up Cephus nigrinus
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19410 (https://www.naturespot.org.uk/taxonomy/term/19410)
https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/cephus-nigrinus (https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/cephus-nigrinus)
I don't think it is an exact match not least because it is listed as a stem boring insect. (although that may refer to its larva of course)
I doubt it is a garden nasty otherwise we would be able to recognise it better. :happy7:
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Thanks Ed . This seems to be the nearest ... https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/rhogogaster-chlorosoma A green sawfly ! should have let it drowned ( in the water butt)