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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) » Nematinae » Willow Sawflies and allies (Nematini) » Nematus » Nematus abbotii
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Sawfly - Nematus abbotii - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Sawfly - Nematus abbotii - Female
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
April 17, 2004
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 4 February, 2005 - 7:02am
Last updated 16 October, 2009 - 9:26am

Moved
Thanks Dave.
… Lynette Elliott, 16 October, 2009 - 9:26am login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae
Nematinae, Nematus abbotii (Kirby). This is a nice picture of a female ovipositing and am quite sure of the identification. The adult female is all black with a small whitish spot on the side of the abdomen (just visible in the picture), and larvae are known to feed on black locust. The plant looks very much like black locust. Oviposition behavior was not known for the species, and it is interesting to know that oviposition is in the leaf stalk of the compound leaf.
… Dave Smith, 16 October, 2009 - 6:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 9:30pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae
Cannot tell subfamily. What is the plant?
… Dave Smith, 27 September, 2009 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Sorry
I don't know the plant.
… Lynette Elliott, 27 September, 2009 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

Female sawfly
Wow, this is a shot of a female sawfly ovipositing in this stem she is perched on. Probably family Tenthredinidae.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 February, 2005 - 11:31am login or register to post comments

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