#3568 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Willow Redgall Sawfly

🇳🇱 Gewone blaasbladwesp ·Euura proxima

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Patricia · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Grahame · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. © Will Bayfield-Farrell · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Markus Krieger · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Euura proxima is a species of sawfly belonging to the family Tenthredinidae (common sawflies). The larvae feed on the leaves of willows ( Salix species) and was first described by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1823.

base stats

NL sightings 64iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,868iNaturalist 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 64 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
6,868 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville in 1823 (203 years ago).