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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Atomacera » Hibiscus Sawfly (Atomacera decepta)
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Hibiscus Sawfly - Atomacera decepta
Copyright © 2004 Mike Boone

Hibiscus Sawfly - Atomacera decepta
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
June 24, 2004
This is the adult sawfly that is on my hibiscus plant. Approx 7mm. I believe it's the hibiscus sawfly, Atomacera decepta as discussed in the larva image:



In the week I've been away, the larvae have disappeared from the plant.
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Contributed by Mike Boone on 25 June, 2004 - 5:43pm
Last updated 27 June, 2004 - 7:54pm

This is the hibiscus sawfly,
This is the hibiscus sawfly, Argidae, Atomacera decepta Rohwer, a female.
… drsmith, 22 August, 2004 - 8:31pm login or register to post comments

Thanks for the legwork
A guide page is now available.
… Troy Bartlett, 27 June, 2004 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

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