Athalia rosae – I see a lot of these brightly coloured sawflies in the garden. They enjoy their leisure time and spend a lot of it just sitting about on lush green leaves in the flowerbeds. They grow up to around 8mm (5/16in) long, and love feeding on nectar from a range of flowers. The larva feeds on cruciferous plants where it can be a pest. Double-click the images if you wanna get closer.
Copyright: Peter Hillman
Camera used: Nikon D7200
Date taken: 20th June 2019
Place: Rear garden, Staffordshire
Nature Journeys 
Beautiful
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Thank you 🙂
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This is a brand new one for me. I think I might have heard of sawflies, but I’m not even certain of that. I suspect I might have come across it (at least in reading) if I’d been a vegetable gardener.
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I don’t grow vegetables in my garden. I would love to, but it is not really big enough. However, these sawflies always like to visit each year, and I see them most days from spring through summer.
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We don’t grow turnips. But if we did, due my my not caring for them all that much, I’d be happy to proffer ours to these attractive flies.
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Fine shots, Pete! Attractive critter though its larvae is destructive .
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Thank you, Belinda )
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Never heard of these but now I’ve seen one! Thank you Peter!
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🙂
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