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Tan legged Sawfly - Ametastegia pallipes
Copyright © 2012 Yurika Alexander

Tan legged Sawfly - Ametastegia pallipes
Atco, Camden County, New Jersey, USA
April 20, 2012
Size: 7mm?
Not great image... Found on purple deadnettle leaf in grassy area.

[Edit] First image from New Jersey.
Contributed by Yurika Alexander on 20 April, 2012 - 4:48pm
Last updated 17 March, 2013 - 10:49pm

Moved
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… v belov, 22 April, 2012 - 5:04pm

Tenthredinidae, Allantinae
Ametastegia pallipes (Spinola)
… Dave Smith, 22 April, 2012 - 4:54pm

kinda looks like the recently posted...

may not be asso'd w/deadnettle
… v belov, 20 April, 2012 - 8:03pm

 
I was thinking that image is
Similar too. And there were lot of violet around!
… Yurika Alexander, 20 April, 2012 - 8:20pm

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