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Is this a sawfly? - female
Copyright © 2008 Thomas of Baltimore City

Is this a sawfly? - Female
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
March 26, 2008
Observed a few of these on Rosa multiflora.
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Contributed by Thomas of Baltimore City on 27 March, 2008 - 2:24pm
Last updated 28 March, 2008 - 8:42am

Not an ID
but it does look a little like Dolerus to me? Tough for me from this angle.
… John R. Maxwell, 27 March, 2008 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Dolerus is indeed an option
A female of the Tenthredinidae family at any rate. Sheats of the saw-like ovipositor are well visible.
… Richard Vernier, 28 March, 2008 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

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