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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 aenea
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Possible sawfly (Cimbicid?) - Abia aenea
Copyright © 2009 Christine Hanrahan

Possible sawfly (Cimbicid?) - Abia aenea
Ottawa, Ottawa-Carleton, Ontario, Canada
April 29, 2009
Size: about an inch long
This sawfly (?) was on a small honeysuckle shrub in an open wooded area near a cattail marsh. I was struck by the clubbed antennae, the bronzed abdomen and the brown wings.

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Contributed by Christine Hanrahan on 29 April, 2009 - 10:46pm
Last updated 19 April, 2024 - 1:16am

Moved
Moved from Abia.

Det. S.K. Monckton here, though A. lonicerae records in the US should actually refer to A. aenea following a re-evaluation.(1)
… Jonathan Hoskins, 19 April, 2024 - 1:16am login or register to post comments

Yes.
Your family ID is correct:-) This is in the genus Zaraea, and at least one species feeds on honeysuckle as a larva.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 April, 2009 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Cimbicid sawfly
Thanks very much Eric! It is a beautiful insect and I'm glad to be able to place it to Genus. I appreciate your help a lot.
… Christine Hanrahan, 30 April, 2009 - 5:44pm login or register to post comments

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