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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 » pectoralis group (Arge pectoralis group) » Birch Sawfly (Arge pectoralis)
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Sawfly - Arge pectoralis
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

Sawfly - Arge pectoralis
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 23, 2005
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Contributed by tom murray on 29 July, 2005 - 11:36pm
Last updated 2 August, 2009 - 8:01pm

Moved
Moved from Arge.
… v belov, 2 August, 2009 - 8:01pm login or register to post comments

Arge sp.
Possibly A. pectoralis. Color in this group of Arge varies, A. pectoralis can have either an orange or black abdomen; the most common is orange.
… Dave Smith, 2 August, 2009 - 5:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
It looks like a closely related species to Arge pectoralis. The picture in Marshall's book shows a dark abdomen.
… tom murray, 9 October, 2008 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

Arge cf. pectoralis
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… v belov, 9 October, 2008 - 2:47am login or register to post comments

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