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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) » Selandriinae » Dolerini » Dolerus » Dolerus unicolor
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Sawfly - Dolerus unicolor - female
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Kent

Sawfly - Dolerus unicolor - Female
Radford, Virginia, USA
March 8, 2012
I'd like an ID, please. I used some fill light to better show details of its wings. In the field, it had an bluish iridescent color.

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Sawfly - Dolerus unicolor - female Sawfly - Dolerus unicolor - female
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 8 March, 2012 - 4:50pm
Last updated 9 March, 2012 - 4:48pm

confused...
the submission is titled 'Sawfly', then you ask 'Is this a beetle?'

Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 9 March, 2012 - 10:57am login or register to post comments

 
Sorry,
I didn't mean to cause confusion! I changed the title after I found out it was a sawfly.
… Nancy Kent, 9 March, 2012 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

 
why then didn't you delete the beetle question?
would be a sensible thing to do
… v belov, 9 March, 2012 - 4:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Good idea!
Will do!
… Nancy Kent, 9 March, 2012 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Dolerinae
Dolerus unicolor (Beauvois), female. One of the earliest sawflies to appear.
… Dave Smith, 9 March, 2012 - 5:29am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Dave, I appreciate all that info!
… Nancy Kent, 9 March, 2012 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly
… Brad Barnd, 8 March, 2012 - 4:53pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Brad, I was obviously way off base!
… Nancy Kent, 8 March, 2012 - 5:03pm login or register to post comments

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