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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 » Macrophyini » Macrophya
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Small wasp sp.? - Macrophya
Copyright © 2018 Jim Moore1

Small wasp sp.? - Macrophya
Fort Frederick State Park, Washington County, Maryland, USA
June 9, 2018
Photographed this small, brightly colored wasp/bee in a wooded area near water. The long antenna seem unusual. Hoping someone can get me to species level or near there. Thanks.

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Small wasp sp.? - Macrophya Small wasp sp.? - Macrophya
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Contributed by Jim Moore1 on 12 June, 2018 - 7:42am
Last updated 17 March, 2023 - 2:32am

Moved
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 17 March, 2023 - 2:33am login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 12 June, 2018 - 8:10am login or register to post comments

 
Is this Macrophya alba?
Looks to be identical in photos: https://bugguide.net/node/view/407227
… Jim Moore1, 17 August, 2018 - 1:37am login or register to post comments

 
Quite possibly, but...
...I'll let an expert make that call. Even assuming that the genus is correct (and I'm not certain), there are 46 species of Macrophya in BG's coverage area, and only about half of them are represented in the Guide. Some of the "missing" species could be very similar to M. alba.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 17 August, 2018 - 7:38am login or register to post comments

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