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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Xyelid Sawflies (Xyelidae) » Xyelinae » Xyela
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Sawfly - Xyela - female
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Sawfly - Xyela - Female
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 17, 2005
Size: 4-5mm
It's a female with that ovipositor, but those antennae are unusual. It has some sawfly characteristics, but I don't know.
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Contributed by tom murray on 20 May, 2005 - 8:29pm
Last updated 28 March, 2007 - 1:47pm

Moved
Moved from Xyelidae.
… Martin Hauser, 28 March, 2007 - 1:47pm login or register to post comments

Xyelid sawfly (family Xyelidae)
The combination of such an ovipositor and the very peculiar segmentation of the antennae clearly designate a Xyelid female.
A very primitive family, whose members are fairly uneasy to find.
… Richard Vernier, 21 May, 2005 - 11:41am login or register to post comments

 
Xyelid female
Thanks Richard. Does the peculiar antennae segmentation distinguish this family, or is there more to it? I have one other in the sawfly guide and so does Lynette with the same style antennae, and small size.
… tom murray, 21 May, 2005 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

small wasp
Reminds me of a sawfly. See also Lynette's photo:
… Richard Leung, 20 May, 2005 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

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