Tenthredo livida (Linnaeus, 1758)
Family: Tenthredinidae
Adults length: 12 to 15mm
Flight period: May through to August.
A widespread common species of sawfly, worldwide and over much of Europe. A very distinguishable sawfly with white tips on the antennae.
Habitat: Mainly woodland edges and hedgerows.
Feeding on small insects, nectar and pollen from flowers, especially the plant species of Apiaceae. The larvae are polyphagous, (able to feed on various kinds of food) they feed mainly at night on the leaves of a variety of plants like Rosaceae, Salicaceae and Betulaceae species, they will also be found on bracken species of plants.