#3521 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Turnip Sawfly

🇳🇱 Knollenbladwesp ·Athalia rosae

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © bsteer · CC BY-NC 4.0
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3. © Gregory Mihaich · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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5. © Zachi Mihai · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jaro Guzinski · CC BY 4.0
7. © Claudia Fernández Bagan · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The turnip sawfly Athalia rosae is a typical sawfly with dark green or blackish 18–25 mm long larvae that feed on plants of the brassica family, and can sometimes be a pest. It winters below the ground, emerging in early summer as a 7–8 mm adult with a mainly orange body and a black head. The adult feeds on nectar.

base stats

NL sightings 264iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,409iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 264 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #19 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
7,409 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).