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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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Big waspy critter - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2011 FrozenFlower

Big waspy critter - Cimbex americanus
Gunnison, Colorado, USA
July 16, 2011
Size: appears large. >2"(?)
Mid day at the border to the West Elk Wilderness Area in Gunnison National Forest some miles west of Crested Butte at Beckwith Pass. The critter was crawling on the Natl Forest sign. Insect left while we were observing the scenery. Maybe it was attracted to the wood of the sign.
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Contributed by FrozenFlower on 27 July, 2011 - 5:02am
Last updated 27 July, 2011 - 6:19pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2011 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Cimbicidae
OK for the elm sawfly - Cimbex americana Leach, female
… Dave Smith, 27 July, 2011 - 4:30pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
the Elm sawfly (Cimbex americana)...



...or a close relative.

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2011 - 5:24am login or register to post comments

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