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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Conifer Sawflies (Diprionidae) » Monoctenus
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Sawfly - Monoctenus - female
Copyright © 2010 Shelly Cox

Sawfly - Monoctenus - Female
Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri, USA
April 23, 2010
Size: 3/8 inch
Found this little sawfly on an Eastern Cedar tree in my backyard. I believe it is in the genus Hoplocampa, but does anyone know it to species? We have apple, crabapple, hazelnut, bradford pear, and various other trees nearby. I seem to get a lot of sawfly larvae each year, but rarely see the adults and certainly have never seen an adult quite like this one.
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Contributed by Shelly Cox on 24 April, 2010 - 6:44pm
Last updated 20 January, 2013 - 11:47am

Moved
Moved from Conifer Sawflies.
… John F. Carr, 25 April, 2010 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

Diprionidae
Monoctenus sp., female. A small genus with several species in eastern N. Amer., the larvae of which feed on juniper/cedar. Not too commonly encountered. Can't tell the species from the picture.
… Dave Smith, 25 April, 2010 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 25 April, 2010 - 2:55pm login or register to post comments

diprionid conifer sawfly
note antennae
… John S. Ascher, 24 April, 2010 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much, I thought
Thank you so much, I thought it had to be some sort of evergreen species. I appreciate the info.
… Shelly Cox, 24 April, 2010 - 7:35pm login or register to post comments

 
you're welcome
it's a female
… John S. Ascher, 24 April, 2010 - 7:37pm login or register to post comments

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