Small Bee ID? - Endelomyia aethiops

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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Heterarthrinae » Caliroini » Endelomyia » Roseslug Sawfly (Endelomyia aethiops)

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Copyright © 2009 Ray Lemke

Small Bee ID? - Endelomyia aethiops

Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, USA
May 31, 2009
Size: 5 mm

I found several of these small bees on the leaves of one of my rose bushes, which do not have roses or buds. ID?

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Contributed by Ray Lemke on 31 May, 2009 - 9:12pm
Last updated 10 October, 2009 - 7:27pm

Moved tenatively per Dr. Smith's comment

Moved from Common Sawflies.

… v belov, 10 October, 2009 - 7:27pm

Tenthredinidae

Can't see wing venation well enough, but very similar in color and size to Endelomyia aethiops, the larvae of which feed on rose leaves.

… Dave Smith, 10 October, 2009 - 6:56pm

Thanks

Thanks, Dave

… Ray Lemke, 10 October, 2009 - 7:00pm

Not a bee

This is a Sawfly (Tenthredinidae?).
No idea what species it is though, sorry. Are they yellow under the wings?

I have seen a lot of these myself and it would be intresting to see what species they are.
Heres one of mine I found

… James Bailey, 31 May, 2009 - 9:42pm

Thanks

Thanks for the sawfly ID. I'll keep watching the rosebush to see if I can get some better and more revealing shots.

… Ray Lemke, 1 June, 2009 - 8:28pm

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