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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex » Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americanus)
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Cimbex americana - Elm Sawfly - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2014 Sandra McKennon-Volk

Cimbex americana - Elm Sawfly - Cimbex americanus
Lake Dallas, Denton County, Texas, USA
April 4, 2014
Several of these flying around high in the elm trees today, did not see actual mating but it looked like males and females were interacting. The trees just started to show leaves earlier this week.
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Contributed by Sandra McKennon-Volk on 4 April, 2014 - 3:38pm
Last updated 9 April, 2014 - 8:38pm

pls fix the date field
… v belov, 9 April, 2014 - 7:51pm login or register to post comments

Cimbicidae
Identification is correct.
… Dave Smith, 6 April, 2014 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

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