Yellow-sided Clover-Sawfly

Tenthredo notha

"Tenthredo notha" is a species belonging to the family Tenthredinidae subfamily Tenthrediniinae.
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Appearance

The adults grow up to 8–11 millimetres long. These quite large sawflies have a lemon-yellow abdomen with black markings. This species is very similar to "Tenthredo arcuata" and "Tenthredo brevicornis".
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Distribution

This species is mainly present in British Isles, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Poland, Russia, Ukraine and Greece.

Behavior

They can be encountered from June through September feeding on small insects and on nectar and pollen of flowers.

The larvae mainly feed on clover, they overwinter as eonymph, pupating and emerging the following Spring.

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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyTenthredinidae
GenusTenthredo
SpeciesT. notha
Photographed in
Bulgaria
United Kingdom