Record Summary | Female, visiting Hogweed |
Found as | Female imago |
Date | 31 May 2022 |
Associated organism | Heracleum sphondylium |
OS grid ref | OSGR: SZ09 |
Lat/Lon | 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W |
Vice County | Dorset, VC no: 9 |
Country | England |
Voucher | 31 May 2022[L] (Please quote this in any queries about this record) |
Notes:
Body length: 8.2mm; flagellomeres 30+30.
Antennae with small auricles; small pit between antenna base and eye, one side containing a small pimple; face with two small yellow triangles below antennae; anterior femora orange, with black patch behind near the base; postpetiole and T2-5 orange, T6 black.
Unlikely to be T. signator as anterior femora are black behind.
The following literature was used to identify this find:
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