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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Schizocerella » Purslane sawfly (Schizocerella pilicornis)
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Sawfly? - Schizocerella pilicornis - male
Copyright © 2009 Naomi Smith

Sawfly? - Schizocerella pilicornis - Male
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
July 6, 2009
I think this tiny creature with the orange shoulders is a sawfly can someone please confirm - or not?
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 9 August, 2009 - 10:25am
Last updated 30 October, 2009 - 6:33pm

Moved
Moved from Argid Sawflies.
… v belov, 9 August, 2009 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

Schizocerella pilicornis (Holmgren)
This is the only argid known in Ontario that has forked antennae and orange "shoulders" in the male. Larvae mine in purslane.
… Dave Smith, 9 August, 2009 - 6:44pm login or register to post comments

yes, a male in the Argidae -- hopefully, further IDable
Moved from ID Request.
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