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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Stem Sawflies (Cephidae) » Hartigiini » Phylloecus » Phylloecus cowichanus
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Stem Sawfly - Phylloecus cowichanus - female
Copyright © 2012 Cheryl Moorehead

Stem Sawfly - Phylloecus cowichanus - Female
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
July 7, 2012
Size: approx 18mm
I found this wasp in a weedy garden on a Himalayan Blackberry, Rubus armeniacus leaf.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 7 July, 2012 - 9:21pm
Last updated 8 July, 2012 - 3:02pm

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 8 July, 2012 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

Cephidae
Hartigia cowichana Ries, female. Larvae bore in stems of Rosa, thus far the only recorded host. Not very commonly found.
… Dave Smith, 8 July, 2012 - 6:29am login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
It had me fooled. There were plenty of rose bushes near by, as well as the Blackberry it was on in the photos.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 8 July, 2012 - 11:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ichneumon Wasps.
… Bob Carlson, 7 July, 2012 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Cephidae
This is a sawfly, surely Cephidae.
… Bob Carlson, 7 July, 2012 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

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