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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Braconid and Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonoidea) » Ichneumonid Wasps (Ichneumonidae) » Ichneumoninae
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Sawfly
Copyright © 2006 Dave Pelletier

Sawfly
Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
This looks like some of the sawflies on the Guide. Any help on narrowing it down?
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Contributed by Dave Pelletier on 10 June, 2006 - 6:48pm
Last updated 1 October, 2009 - 8:52am

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 8:52am login or register to post comments

Ichneumoninae
♀
… Bob Carlson, 1 October, 2009 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

This is Ichneumonidae
This is Ichneumonidae
… Dave Smith, 12 July, 2009 - 4:20pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumonoidea.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 January, 2007 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Ichneumonidae or Braconid
Sorry that is no sawfly... The best indication is that the wasp has a waist, while sawflies have none. It is a parasitic was of the families Braconidae or Ichneumonidae (I just think it is an ichneumonid, but without seeing the wing veneition, this is more a guess).
Cheers
… Martin Hauser, 10 June, 2006 - 7:05pm login or register to post comments

 
Wasp
Thanks, Martin. Your observation on the waist was good to learn. Was looking for the familiar markings around eyes on Ichneumons but see none here. Dave P.
… Dave Pelletier, 10 June, 2006 - 10:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Ichneumon.
Indeed this is an ichneumon wasp.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2006 - 5:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Ichneumon
Thanks, Eric. Glad they aren't aggressive (or don't appear to be).
… Dave Pelletier, 22 June, 2006 - 8:04pm login or register to post comments

 
They're not
They're not agressive because they can't sting.
… Brittanie McCormack, 25 May, 2007 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

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