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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Arge » clavicornis group (Arge clavicornis group) » Arge abdominalis
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Insect on pitcher plant - Arge abdominalis
Copyright © 2007 Barry Rice

Insect on pitcher plant - Arge abdominalis
An acid wetland along hwy 130., Columbus County, North Carolina, USA
April 23, 2007
Size: approximately 1.5cm long
This insect was restricting itself primarily to crawling around on the developing leaves of a pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava), in an acidic wetland. The image was taken around 3pm on an overcast day.
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Contributed by Barry Rice on 7 June, 2007 - 1:25pm
Last updated 2 August, 2009 - 7:51pm

Moved
Moved from Argid Sawflies.
… v belov, 2 August, 2009 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Arge abdominalis (Leach)
Larvae feed on rhododendron. No Arge known to feed on pitcher plants; probably just resting there.
… Dave Smith, 2 August, 2009 - 6:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Ken Schneider, 13 October, 2008 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Argidae
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… v belov, 8 October, 2008 - 4:21pm login or register to post comments

 
Moving to family page for now...
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… Ken Schneider, 13 October, 2008 - 12:50pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly.
This is a sawfly, a type of stingless wasp that is vegetarian in its larval stage. This one might either be in the family Argidae or the family Tenthredinidae. Hard to tell conclusively from this image alone.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 June, 2007 - 1:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Sawfly ID
My, you're speedy! Do you know if these are generalists or specific on the species they eat. I want to know if this is a species associated with Sarracenia. Thanks!
… Barry Rice, 7 June, 2007 - 1:34pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know.
I doubt it is associated with the pitcher plant, but I'm not really qualified to say so with any degree of definity. You could query Dr. David R. Smith at the SEL at the Smithsonian. He is an authority on sawflies and related wasps.
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 June, 2007 - 4:10pm login or register to post comments

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