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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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Black and White insect - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2015 taogirl

Black and White insect - Cimbex americanus
Arcadia Trail Park, Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas, USA
April 17, 2015
Size: approx. 3 cm
This insect was down in the grass and stayed there allowing me to take pictures of it from all angles. note the yellow antennae and the distal end of appendages. Four white spots on each side. White stripe between thorax and abdominal segments.

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Black and White insect - Cimbex americanus Black and White insect - Cimbex americanus
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Contributed by taogirl on 18 April, 2015 - 9:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 April, 2015 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert
but looks like Cimbex americana
… Antonio Liberta, 18 April, 2015 - 9:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes - Elm Sawfly (female)…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 18 April, 2015 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

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