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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) » Selandriinae » Strongylogastrini » Strongylogaster » Strongylogaster distans
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Sawfly - Strongylogaster distans
Copyright © 2010 Cheryl Moorehead

Sawfly - Strongylogaster distans
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
May 18, 2010
Size: 9mm
Found on Giant Chain Fern, Woodsia fimbriata.

I'm not sure if these are good enough for an ID, but I thought I'd try. I will happily frass if needed.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 18 May, 2010 - 8:25pm
Last updated 19 May, 2010 - 6:40pm

another species added -- thanks, Cheryl and Dave
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… v belov, 19 May, 2010 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Selandriinae
Strongylogaster distans. Larvae feed on ferns, but the only recorded larval host for this species is Pteridium aquilinum.
… Dave Smith, 19 May, 2010 - 5:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
I thought it was at first a Braconid wasp, then I saw it pushing the tip of it's abdomen to the fiddlehead of the fern.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 20 May, 2010 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

i know that Aneugmenus flavipes feed on ferns; wait for Dr Smith
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… v belov, 18 May, 2010 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

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