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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cellophane, Plasterer, Masked, and Allied Bees (Colletidae) » Masked Bees (Hylaeus)
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Saw Fly? - Hylaeus - male
Copyright © 2012 Bob Webster

Saw Fly? - Hylaeus - Male
West of Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma, USA
April 18, 2012
Size: about 4mm

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Saw Fly? - Hylaeus - male Saw Fly? - Hylaeus Saw Fly? - Hylaeus Saw Fly? - Hylaeus Saw Fly? - Hylaeus
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Contributed by Bob Webster on 18 April, 2012 - 6:11pm
Last updated 5 May, 2016 - 8:27am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Subgenus Paraprosopis?
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2012 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

Reminds me of
a Yellow-masked Bee.

I'm not terribly confident about that, though, and could be way off--so wait for an expert opinion.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 April, 2012 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
a male
… John S. Ascher, 19 April, 2012 - 8:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
That definitely looks more like it. It's surprising it looks so much like a sawfly (or vice versa).
… Bob Webster, 19 April, 2012 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

 
That's also the impression I
That's also the impression I had. I'd also be curious to know the ID of that other bug in the photo.
… Victor Engel, 18 April, 2012 - 10:31pm login or register to post comments

 
The other one
appears to be a heteropteran nymph. I wouldn't want to venture further without a better pic.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 19 April, 2012 - 4:04pm login or register to post comments

 
nymph
Unfortunately, that happens to be the best photo I got of the heteropteran? nymph. I didn't even see it when I was taking those.
… Bob Webster, 19 April, 2012 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

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