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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae)

Family Argidae - Argid Sawflies

Classification · Numbers · Size · Identification · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hibiscus Sawfly - Atomacera decepta Sawfly - Arge humeralis Caterpillar on hibiscus - Atomacera decepta Red-bodied wasp Larva on rose bush - Arge Hibiscus Sawfly larva? - Atomacera decepta Sawfly Larva - Arge humeralis Neoptilia malvacearum larva - Neoptilia malvacearum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps)
Family Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Numbers
59 species in the U.S. and Canada (1)
72 species (2)
Size
8-15mm (1)
Identification
Stout bodied, easily recognized by their characteristic antennae: three-segmented, the third segment very long; males of some species have the last antennal segment U-shaped or Y-shaped. Most argids are black or dark colored.
Food
The larvae feed mainly on foliage of various kinds of trees or shrubs.
Print References
Arnett (1)
Borror and DeLong, page 648 (2)
Borror and White, p. 317, illustrate antennae of this and other sawflies. (3)
Baker, p. 437, describes several common eastern species, including their host associations (4).
Internet References
Insects of Cedar Creek
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
By Ross H. Arnett
2.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn
3.A Field Guide to Insects
By Richard E. White, Donald J. Borror, Roger Tory Peterson
4.Eastern Forest Insects
By Whiteford L. Baker
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 27 June, 2004 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 8 June, 2008 - 9:05pm

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