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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) » Allantinae » Empriini » Monostegia » Monostegia abdominalis
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Tenthredinidae on Fringed Loosestrife - Monostegia abdominalis
Copyright © 2009 MJ Hatfield

Tenthredinidae on Fringed Loosestrife - Monostegia abdominalis
Ames - Tullamore, Story County, Iowa, USA
June 9, 2009
Finally, at night, I collected the sawfly larvae that have been eating my Fringed Loosestrife, Lysimachia ciliata for the past 3 years.
Pupae and adults of this species:
Adult sawfly determination by Dave Smith. (Thank you Dave.)
Life cycle posted: http://www.buglifecycles.com/files/tenthredinidaemonostegiaabdominalis2.pdf
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 23 July, 2009 - 3:17pm
Last updated 29 November, 2020 - 11:05am

Moved
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 August, 2009 - 8:40pm login or register to post comments

could you please edit your submissions of this species...
...to cross-reference various phases, to make sure they will all be kept together in the guide? thanx, =v=

Moved from ID Request.
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