#3585 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Brown Bordered Oak-cutter

Periclista albida

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrey Ponomarev · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Stefan · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Vriescheloo, Nederland:© Dorine Post · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Bennekom, Província de Guéldria, NL:© alicerp · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
7. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
8. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Noordwijkerhout, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. Huys de Wervelaan, Rijswijk, South Holland, NL:© Weetzel · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Periclista albida is a Palearctic species of sawfly.

base stats

NL sightings 40iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 685iNaturalist 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 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
685 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Christoph Friedrich Klug in 1816 (210 years ago).