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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Xyelid Sawflies (Xyelidae) » Xyelinae » Xyela
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What kind of wasp? - Xyela
Copyright © 2009 Vespula Vulgaris

What kind of wasp? - Xyela
Perry County, Pennsylvania, USA
April 5, 2009
Size: 4 mm
Looks parasitic. Was found crawling on my arm.

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What kind of wasp? - Xyela What kind of wasp? - Xyela
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Contributed by Vespula Vulgaris on 5 April, 2009 - 10:02am
Last updated 30 August, 2009 - 12:37pm

Moved
Moved from Xyelidae.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 August, 2009 - 12:37pm login or register to post comments

Xyelidae, Xyela sp.
Looks like a male. Five or six species in eastern N.Amer. Larvae feed in staminate cones of pines. Adults are attracted to willow or alder catkins or flowers. The earliest sawflies to appear in the spring; my earliest collection in VA is Feb. 18.
… Dave Smith, 30 August, 2009 - 12:34pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly.
This is a sawfly, but I'm not positive which family it goes in. The suddenly narrowing antennae are pretty peculiar....O-o-o-h, update! You have a member of the Xyelidae! We don't have many images of those so congrats on a neat find:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 5 April, 2009 - 12:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Eric!
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