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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Parasitica" - Parasitoid Wasps » Chalcidoid Wasps (Chalcidoidea) » Leucospidae » Leucospis » Leucospis affinis » Leucospis affinis affinis
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Sawfly? - Leucospis affinis - female
Copyright © 2010 Naomi Smith

Sawfly? - Leucospis affinis - Female
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
June 21, 2010
Size: 1/2 inch +
At first I was sure this was a sawfly, now I'm not so sure. The insect flew up and down along the length of the stick (about 5 feet long) in a zig zag motion or left to right while moving forward, Pausing every once in a while. I watched for about 10 minutes or so.

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Sawfly? - Leucospis affinis - female Sawfly? - Leucospis affinis - female
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Contributed by Naomi Smith on 21 June, 2010 - 8:52pm
Last updated 16 June, 2021 - 2:16am

Moved
Moved from Leucospis affinis.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 16 June, 2021 - 2:16am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 June, 2010 - 9:33pm login or register to post comments

This is a female
Chalcidoid, Leucospis affinis, note the ovipositor slung over the dorsum.
… Hartmut Wisch, 21 June, 2010 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

Nope, Chalcidoid.
This is a female Leucospis. Great images.
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 June, 2010 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Leucospis
Thank you so much Eric, Hartmut and Ken. I am very excited, this is the first Chalcidoid I have seen.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 21 June, 2010 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

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