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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 » humeralis group (Arge humeralis group) » Poison Ivy Sawfly (Arge humeralis)
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Type of Mydas? - Arge humeralis
Copyright © 2010 Gerry Bunker

Type of Mydas? - Arge humeralis
Martha's Vineyard, Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA
August 13, 2006
Would like to know species. It's not clear to me with that red bump on the mesothorax is indicative of the species or perhaps a mite?

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Contributed by Gerry Bunker on 25 February, 2010 - 1:37pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Gerry Bunker, 25 February, 2010 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Poison Ivy Sawfly?
Compare Arge humeralis
… John F. Carr, 25 February, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

not a fly...
...a sawfly (Hymenoptera not Diptera)
… J. Anderson, 25 February, 2010 - 1:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Arge humeralis?
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… J. Anderson, 25 February, 2010 - 1:51pm login or register to post comments

 
the red bump is part of the wasp, not a mite.
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… J. Anderson, 25 February, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Would explain why I couldn't find the ID. I would agree with Arge humeralis.

Thanks
… Gerry Bunker, 25 February, 2010 - 2:00pm login or register to post comments

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