Nick Upton / Large rose sawfly (Arge pagana) preparing to lay eggs on a Rose bush in a garden, Wiltshire, UK, July.
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Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) laying an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva. Controlled conditions.
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Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) trying to lay an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva, which pushes the wasp away with its body. Controlled conditions.
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Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) trying to lay an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva, which pushes the wasp away with its body. Controlled conditions.
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Kim Taylor / Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva trying to drive away a parasitic Braconid wasp (Braconidae). Controlled conditions.
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Kim Taylor / Braconid wasp (Braconidae) trying to lay an egg on a Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva, which pushes the wasp away with its body. Controlled conditions.
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Kim Taylor / Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) larva trying to drive away a parasitic Braconid wasp (Braconidae). Controlled conditions.
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Robin Chittenden / Sawfly species (Tenthredo livida) Norfolk, England, UK, June.
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Chris Mattison / Solomon's seal sawfly (Phymatocera aterrima) on Solomon's Seal leaf. Monmouthshire, May.
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Kim Taylor / Rose sawfly (Arge ochropus) female cutting a groove in a rose stem in which to lay her eggs. Surrey, England, UK, June.
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Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasps (Braconidae) approaching caterpillar of Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) to lay eggs on, Surrey, England, UK. June.
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Kim Taylor / Parasitic wasps (Braconidae) approaching caterpillar of Lesser willow sawfly (Nematus pavidus) to lay eggs on, Surrey, England, UK. June.