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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies (Pamphiliidae) » Cephalcia » Cephalcia frontalis
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Sawfly - Cephalcia frontalis
Copyright © 2008 Carmen Champagne

Sawfly - Cephalcia frontalis
Athens/ Ben Burton Park, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
May 8, 2008
Here is a very different sort of sawfly than those I typically encounter. Is it related to this one: ?

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Contributed by Carmen Champagne on 16 December, 2008 - 7:40am
Last updated 30 August, 2009 - 7:56pm

Moved
Moved from Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 August, 2009 - 7:56pm login or register to post comments

Pamphiliidae, Cephalcia frontalis (Westwood)
One of the prettiest pamphiliids. Larvae feed on pines in webs.
… Dave Smith, 30 August, 2009 - 1:01pm login or register to post comments

fine pamphilid, sure
leave it pls on the fam. page for now
… v belov, 16 December, 2008 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

 
Will do.
Also, I found a better match than the thumbnail above: .
… Carmen Champagne, 16 December, 2008 - 8:44am login or register to post comments

 
yours is more robust...
...and very differently colored -- way beyond variation; i believe it's the 1st pic of this sp. in the guide!
… v belov, 16 December, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

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