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Sawfly with Yellow, Black & Red Head

Sawfly with Yellow, Black & Red Head
King County, Washington, USA
July 21, 2022
Size: Approx. 1 cm
An insect with extremely distinctive red, black, and yellow head. Thorax primarily black, orange abdomen carried with an upward curl. Looks like some kind of Hymenopteran--possibly a sawfly? I am wholly unfamiliar with Symphyta. I wasn't sure if a wing injury prevented it from flying--while it fluttered its wings constantly, I found it marching up and down my back door and it did not fly away when I captured it in a box to move it into the afternoon sun to get crisper photographs. Backyards plants primarily Douglas firs, cedars, Oregon grape, and Japanese and vine maples.

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Moved from ID Request.

Yes, undoubtedly this ...
... is a sawfly, although I am not very familiar with the group. Based on the thread-like antennae, I think this is a member of the family Pamphiliidae.

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