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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex » Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americanus)
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Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2016 Bblyth

Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus
Fort Simpson, Deh cho, Northwest Territories, Canada
June 21, 2016
Size: 3cm
Specimen is wet. Largest wasp i have seen in this region by far.

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Cimbex americana - Cimbex americanus Large wasp? - Cimbex americanus
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Contributed by Bblyth on 21 June, 2016 - 6:18pm
Last updated 22 June, 2016 - 8:43pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 22 June, 2016 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

appears to be a female Cimbex americana
Also, the location information appears to be a bit messed up?

Edit: Dang, too late again!
… metrioptera, 21 June, 2016 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Elm Sawfly (female)…
The species distribution includes the southern tier where you are in the NW Territories (the Dehcho region).

See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 21 June, 2016 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

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