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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) » Nematinae » Willow Sawflies and allies (Nematini) » Nematus » septentrionalis group (Nematus septentrionalis group) » Dusky Birch Sawfly (Nematus latitarsus)
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Dusky Birch Sawfly - Nematus latitarsus
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Dusky Birch Sawfly - Nematus latitarsus
Concord, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
July 5, 2012
Size: 10mm BL
Is this some type of sawfly?

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Dusky Birch Sawfly - Nematus latitarsus Dusky Birch Sawfly - Nematus latitarsus
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Contributed by tom murray on 6 July, 2012 - 1:03am
Last updated 6 September, 2012 - 4:38pm

Moved
Moved from Craesus.
Thanks Dave. Finally an adult picture of this species when I see the larvae all the time.
… tom murray, 6 September, 2012 - 4:38pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Nematinae
Craesus latitarsus Norton, female. Specimen examined. "dusky birch sawfly"
… Dave Smith, 6 September, 2012 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
Thanks Dave. I'll save the specimen for you.
… tom murray, 6 July, 2012 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Nematinae
Craesus sp. My comments for 631521 also apply to this. The most common is C. latitarsus, the dusky birch sawfly, but two other less common species are similar.
… Dave Smith, 6 July, 2012 - 2:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention.
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.

Guessing Craesus based on Dave Smith's comments here:



But I'll let the experts make the final placement.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 July, 2012 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

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