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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) » Abia » Abia americana
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Zaraea 01b - Abia americana
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Zaraea 01b - Abia americana
Near Curlew Lake, ~10 miles Northeast of Republic, Ferry County, Washington, USA
May 15, 2008
A medium sized Sawfly perched on the needle tips of a poderosa pine in the evening

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Zaraea 01a - Abia americana Zaraea 01b - Abia americana
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 16 May, 2008 - 4:31am
Last updated 30 August, 2009 - 10:14am

Moved
Moved from Zaraea.
… Karl Volkman, 30 August, 2009 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

Abia americana (Cresson)
The only Abia known in western N. Amer. Just resting on pine; larval hosts are Symphoricarpos and Lonicera.
… Dave Smith, 30 August, 2009 - 6:55am login or register to post comments

ID
Appears to be a Sawfly in the family Cimbicidae.
… Andy Calderwood, 16 May, 2008 - 7:22am login or register to post comments

 
Agreed.
Probably genus Zaraea, especially if it was not really big:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 May, 2008 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

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