#3548 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

Figwort sawfly

🇳🇱 Helmkruidbladwesp ·Tenthredo scrophulariae

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Arne · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Laurence Livermore · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © AnneTanne · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jofre · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Jofre · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Jofre · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Barneveld, Nederland:© Rob C. H. M. Oudejans · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Amsterdam Nieuw-West, Amsterdam, Nederland:© peterschiphof · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Meppel, Nederland:© Herman Berteler · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Escamp, Den Haag, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tenthredo scrophulariae, the Figwort sawfly is a species belonging to the Tenthredinidae family, sub-family Tenthredininae. It is easily recognisable by its wasplike appearance although lacking the thin 'waist' of a true wasp. It is 10mm long and flies in a lazy style with its yellow legs hanging down. The legs are yellow with black upper sections. The antennae are orange. It is placid and allows close observation. The adults feed on small insects and the large,...

base stats

NL sightings 105iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,548iNaturalist 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 105 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #46 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
2,548 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).