Noble wasp-sawfly
The noble wasp-sawfly is dressed up like a wasp, with black and yellow bands on its tummy. But it is not a wasp at all, it is a sawfly. Its wings are pale brown with a dark spot at the tip.
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Fun facts
Its scientific name vespa means wasp, because its stripes look so much like a wasp's.
You can see the grown-ups from May to September, often on the big white flower heads of hogweed.
Its larvae are whitish or bluish with brown triangle marks on their backs.
The first part of each of its feelers is orange.
Most asked questions about Noble wasp-sawfly
?What does the noble wasp-sawfly eat?
The grown-ups eat small insects, nectar and pollen. The larvae eat leaves.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Tenthredo vespa
- Group
- Wasps and hornets
- Family
- Tenthredinidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Tenthredinidae
- Lives on
- Europe
Where the facts come from
- Tenthredo vespa (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 Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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