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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) » Abia
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What is this? does it sting or bite? - Abia
Copyright © 2006 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

What is this? does it sting or bite? - Abia
Jim Thorpe, PA 18229, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
May 27, 2005
Size: i inch +
I thought this was dead and picked it up and dropped it when I realized it was alive.

What is it!!??? Does it sting or bite or both? It sure looks like it does!!

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What is this? does it sting or bite? - Abia What is this? does it sting or bite? - Abia
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 27 May, 2006 - 2:28pm
Last updated 11 November, 2009 - 11:07am

Moved
Moved from Trichiosoma.
… v belov, 11 November, 2009 - 11:07am login or register to post comments

Abia sp.
Pictures a little dark, but Trichiosoma has dense long hairs on head and body. Must be a species of Abia. Does not sting. Possibly could bite but have never heard of it.
… Dave Smith, 30 August, 2009 - 7:08am login or register to post comments

Cimbicidae
Thia is a completly harmless sawfly symphyta). Memberes of this group still have their ovipositor fot laying eggs. In wasps like yellowjackets, this ovipositor is modified into a stinger. The antenna show that this is a member of the family Cimbicidae.
… Martin Hauser, 27 May, 2006 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

 
I had a feeling the antenae w
I had a feeling the antenae would tell someone something-even though the photos isn't that great-cos the critter is mostly black.

I noticed it has huge jaws. It looks very wasp-like but looks like it has no stinger-so sort of wondered.

Compared to the other saw flies which I have also mistaken for wasps,it's huge!

Thanks

Jo
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 27 May, 2006 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Trichiosoma?
May be a species in the genus Trichiosoma.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 May, 2006 - 7:55pm login or register to post comments

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