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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 » Empriini » Monostegia » Monostegia abdominalis
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blue/grey CAT on Yellow Loosestrife - Monostegia abdominalis
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

blue/grey CAT on Yellow Loosestrife - Monostegia abdominalis
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 9, 2013
Size: ~15-16mm
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Contributed by James Reben on 9 July, 2013 - 4:30pm
Last updated 14 July, 2013 - 8:42am

Moved
Moved from images that Dr Smith was unable to identify past family [tmp.].
… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 July, 2013 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Allantinae
Monostegia abdominalis (Fabricius). The host helps. This is the only sawfly known on Lysimachia, and the larva looks right for M. abdominalis when comparing with specimens.
… Dave Smith, 14 July, 2013 - 6:53am login or register to post comments

 
Neat
fly, and thank you for the i.d.
Want a few more images?
… James Reben, 14 July, 2013 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 10 July, 2013 - 6:23pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae
Its a sawfly but can't place it to genus. None have been recorded as feeding on primrose.
… Dave Smith, 10 July, 2013 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

 
host id update
I found it was adjacent to the Primrose. It/they are all over the Lysimachia vulgaris (Yellow Loosestrife.)
… James Reben, 12 July, 2013 - 8:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
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