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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) » Tenthredininae » Macrophyini » Macrophya » Macrophya formosa
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Black and yellow wasp - Macrophya formosa
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Black and yellow wasp - Macrophya formosa
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 6, 2006
Size: around 15 mm
Sorry, I'm back to dial up and can't browse the site well. I'm hoping someone knows what it is. It was chowing down on the aphids who are chowing on the Canadian lettuce. I think it ate 3 aphids in about 2 minutes.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 6 June, 2006 - 7:59pm
Last updated 12 July, 2009 - 6:27pm

Moved
Moved from Tenthredininae.
… Lynette Elliott, 12 July, 2009 - 6:27pm login or register to post comments

Macrophya formosa (Klug)
Macrophya formosa (Klug)
… Dave Smith, 12 July, 2009 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Tenthredo.
… Lynette Elliott, 9 October, 2008 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae: Tenthredo sp. maybe
Don't know the genera of tenthredinids, but one of the physically largest and most strongly marked in color pattern (like your specimen) is the genus Tenthredo, which I seem to recall are also predators as adults.
… Donald S. Chandler, 6 June, 2006 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Macrophya, more likely
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… v belov, 9 October, 2008 - 1:10am login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
Mostly, I just wanted to congratulate you on a fantastic shot of a seldom-observed behavior! Way to go:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 7 June, 2006 - 3:29pm login or register to post comments

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