Another visitor to the potato plants this morning, though I'm reliably informed by my fieldguide, that this species normally feeds on the nectar of rose plants - probably flew in from next doors' large yellow rose bush (see Scarlet Tiger Moth post or Knolly the Cat post for photos of the roses).
Small, and 'bronze-looking' from above, but that is an optical illusion - they have fantastically bright yellow abdomens, which are very apparent when viewed from the side or below (see 2nd photo when the Sawfly went to the underside of the potato leaf). When viewed from above however, the bright yellow abdomen is reduced to a coppery sheen below the Sawfly's folded wings.
Sawflies are so named because of their Saw-like ovipositors (egg-laying kit), though some work like a drill also. I'm sure you needed to know that...
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