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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) » Allantinae » Allantini » Allantus » Allantus viennensis
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Small Black and Yellow Wasp - Allantus viennensis
Copyright © 2004 Richard Leung

Small Black and Yellow Wasp - Allantus viennensis
Springfield, Virginia, USA
August 27, 2004
A small wasp with many yellow bands. It was crawling around a rose plant. Any help in identifying is appreciated.
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 28 August, 2004 - 5:45pm
Last updated 12 April, 2005 - 10:54pm

Allantus viennensis (Schrank)
Allantus viennensis (Schrank) (Tenthredinidae). Larvae of this species feed on roses. It was accidentally introduced from Europe, first found in the U.S. in NY in the 1970's and first found in norhern Virginia in th 1980's. So far, it is known only from NY to VA.
… drsmith, 6 September, 2004 - 3:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Black and Yellow Wasp
I rescued two of these from my pool today. One was trying to swim to safety and the other one (smaller one) looked like it was about to give up on getting out of the water.
I live in w. central Georgia.
… firequeen, 13 May, 2009 - 8:34pm login or register to post comments

 
Black Yellow Wasp
Im in northen florida and ran into one of these last night.
… Daniel Aldin Morgan, 7 September, 2010 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
black and yellow wasp
Got stung while laying on the couch in east texas. that was sunday and still have small hole and itches like crazy!
… puttputt05, 21 September, 2010 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
could this be the adult of...


A google.com image search of Allantus viennensis yielded this webpage:
http://schmetterling-raupe.de/art/larven.htm

It seems to show a larva very similar to the ones I've been seeing on the roses in my garden.
… Richard Leung, 9 September, 2004 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

sawfly
Nice portrait of some kind of sawfly. I will try to get my expert friend to ID it more specifically.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 August, 2004 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

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