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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex » Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americanus)
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Wasp species caught in mist net - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2010 Than Boves

Wasp species caught in mist net - Cimbex americanus
Cumberland Mountains, Campbell County, Tennessee, USA
June 1, 2010
Size: Large - 3 inches
Got caught in a mist net that we were using to catch birds. Unfortunately, we could not remove him before he chewed a rather large hole in the net.
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Contributed by Than Boves on 2 June, 2010 - 4:30pm
Last updated 12 October, 2014 - 5:54pm

Moved
Moved from Cimbex.
… John S. Ascher, 20 September, 2014 - 7:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
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… John S. Ascher, 8 June, 2010 - 11:45am login or register to post comments

Makes us think of

but that image says an inch and a quarter
or
… john and jane balaban, 2 June, 2010 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Gotta be it.
Might have a wingspan of close to three inches, I suppose.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 June, 2010 - 5:53pm login or register to post comments

Wow... no clue.
If it is a wasp, and if it's really three inches long (head/body length) that would make it, I think, the largest wasp in North America (and by a considerable margin, too).

I'll be interested to see what others have to say.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 2 June, 2010 - 5:37pm login or register to post comments

 
I actually didn't know if it
I actually didn't know if it was a wasp or not, just guessing. And my size estimate was based off of memory from a couple years ago, so that could be a little inflated as well. Thanks for your help!
… Than Boves, 2 June, 2010 - 6:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Female Cimbex.
Clubbed antennae leave no other option. Yes, they do get big, but to be caught in a mist net? That might be a first!
… Eric R. Eaton, 2 June, 2010 - 7:38pm login or register to post comments

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