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Fly/Wasp
Copyright © 2006 Naomi Smith

Fly/Wasp
Pickering, Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
June 14, 2006
Size: 1/2 inch app.
Is this some sort of sawfly??
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 7 August, 2006 - 8:12pm
Last updated 8 September, 2006 - 3:51pm

FWIW, here's a string of similar species....
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… Mike Quinn, 30 June, 2007 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

Symphyta
This is a sawfly, but I'm not sure about the family..
… Martin Hauser, 7 August, 2006 - 8:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Symphyta
Thank you Martin
… Naomi Smith, 7 August, 2006 - 10:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Argidae.
This specimen clearly has equal antennal segments, so that rules out Argia. Probably belongs in the Tenthredinidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 8 August, 2006 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

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