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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Tenthredininae » Tenthredinini » Rhogogaster » Rhogogaster lateraria
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Sawfly (Tenthredinidae family) - Rhogogaster lateraria - female
Copyright © 2014 Adam Schneider

Sawfly (Tenthredinidae family) - Rhogogaster lateraria - Female
Eagle Creek, Hood River County, Oregon, USA
May 22, 2014
Size: 3 cm?
I think this is a wasp-imitating sawfly, probably in the Tenthredinidae family. It was resting on the leaf of an anemone.
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Contributed by Adam Schneider on 17 November, 2014 - 5:40pm
Last updated 2 July, 2015 - 9:52pm

Moved
Moved from Tenthredo.
… v belov, 19 November, 2014 - 5:32pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Tenthredininae
Rhogogaster lateraria (Cresson), female.
… Dave Smith, 19 November, 2014 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
how do you know?
I can't find ANY images of R. lateraria online!
… Adam Schneider, 19 November, 2014 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
color pattern
I've done a little work on the genus and recognized the species. I also compared the picture with identified specimens in the collection to make sure. I didn't check online to see if there are pictures of it.
… Dave Smith, 19 November, 2014 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
sex
What tells you that it's a female? How are the males different?
… Adam Schneider, 19 November, 2014 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

 
end of abdomen
See in the picture the rounded structure at the apex of the abdomen. This is the sheath, which contains the ovipositor. In males, the abdomen is blunt at the apex.
… Dave Smith, 19 November, 2014 - 8:19pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 17 November, 2014 - 6:03pm login or register to post comments

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