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Pied Strider

Pachyprotasis rapae

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
Pied Strider, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pachyprotasis rapae is a species of common sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 38iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 760iNaturalist 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 38 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 760 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Pied Strider
scientific name
Pachyprotasis rapae
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Tenthredinidae
sightings in NL
38
sightings in Europe
491
sightings worldwide
760
GBIF records in NL
2,730
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1767

relatives· Tenthredinidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 703108, Wikidata Q14582787, GBIF 4490723, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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