Saddleback grass-cutter
Eutomostethus ephippium
The saddleback grass-cutter is a sawfly, a cousin of the wasps. It lives on grasses.
Lives in
Europe, in grassy places
What does it eat?
It is found on grasses, such as meadow grass. Like other sawflies, its larvae munch on plants.
How fast is it?
A kid running fast about 13 km/h (8.1 mph)
Saddleback grass-cutter about 22 km/h (14 mph)
A grown-up on a bike about 25 km/h (16 mph)
A car driving in town about 50 km/h (31 mph)
cool stuff
Fun facts
1
Sawflies are named after the little saw-like tube the female uses to cut into plants and lay her eggs.
2
It has been found on several kinds of grass, including meadow grass.
3
Scientists split it into two kinds, called subspecies.
you asked
Most asked questions about Saddleback grass-cutter
?What does the saddleback grass-cutter eat?
It lives on grasses, and its larvae eat plants.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Eutomostethus ephippium
- Named by
- Panzer, 1798
- Group
- Wasps and hornets
- Family
- Tenthredinidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Tenthredinidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Eutomostethus ephippium (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Ryan Hodnett. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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