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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Arge » humeralis group (Arge humeralis group) » Poison Ivy Sawfly (Arge humeralis)
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Sawfly - Arge humeralis
Copyright © 2007 CharlesMatson

Sawfly - Arge humeralis
State Line Lookout, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
July 26, 2007
Is this Arge humeralis? If it does attack Poison Ivy, can we encourage it somehow?

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Contributed by CharlesMatson on 28 July, 2007 - 10:14am
Last updated 10 December, 2008 - 1:26pm

Moved
Moved from Arge.
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 December, 2008 - 1:26pm login or register to post comments

plant?
If the plant you observed the insect on was poison ivy, I think you can consider ID as safe. The colouration is clearly aposematic, just like expected for an insect developing on a highly poisonous plant.
… Boris Büche, 31 July, 2007 - 3:44am login or register to post comments

Arge confirmed
. . . and of peculiar colouration, so I do not doubt your ID (but I´m only an amateur concerning sawflies).
… Boris Büche, 29 July, 2007 - 12:17pm login or register to post comments

 
"peculiar coloration"
Thanks, Boris. I am adding an image that shows the thorax and abdomen colors, although the head is not shown. Peculiar, but striking. You should doubt my ID. In this case, as well as others, I am just attempting to match images identified on BugGuide and then asking people like you if it is correct.
… CharlesMatson, 29 July, 2007 - 2:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Arge humeralis?
I lean toward Arge humeralis, but I am not an authority on these:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 July, 2007 - 4:16pm login or register to post comments

 
must be Arge humeralis
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… v belov, 9 October, 2008 - 3:18am login or register to post comments

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