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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) » Sterictiphorinae » Sphacophilus » Sphacophilus (Litocolus) cellularis (Sphacophilus cellularis)
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Argid sawfly - Sphacophilus cellularis - male
Copyright © 2007 Marvin Smith

Argid sawfly - Sphacophilus cellularis - Male
Ozark Mountains, Searcy County, Arkansas, USA
July 13, 2007
Size: ~6mm
Double antennae?
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Contributed by Marvin Smith on 14 July, 2007 - 11:33am
Last updated 2 August, 2009 - 6:31pm

Moved
Moved from Argid Sawflies.
… john and jane balaban, 2 August, 2009 - 6:31pm login or register to post comments

Sphacophilus cellulais (Say)
Male. Females are more orange and have simple antennae. Larvae on morning glory.
… Dave Smith, 2 August, 2009 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

See Eric's comment on a similar
beauty here
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2007 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

 
A double match...
Argid Sawfly, yes. Also, while mine was actually on a blackberry leaf, there's lot of wild morning glory in the immediate vicinity. I cannot find a match beyond Family Argidae, however. Maybe someone else will be able to ID a genus at some point. Thanks for the ID help. (Marvin)
… Marvin Smith, 15 July, 2007 - 1:09am login or register to post comments

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