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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Atomacera » Hibiscus Sawfly (Atomacera decepta)
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Sawfly on Milkweed? - Atomacera decepta - female
Copyright © 2013 Tim Turner

Sawfly on Milkweed? - Atomacera decepta - Female
Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio, USA
June 21, 2013
Fuzzy, frassable, photos, but is this a sawfly, and can it go any further?

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Sawfly on Milkweed? - Atomacera decepta - female Sawfly on Milkweed? - Atomacera decepta Sawfly on Milkweed? - Atomacera decepta
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Contributed by Tim Turner on 30 November, 2013 - 3:19pm
Last updated 5 December, 2013 - 8:28am

Moved
Moved from Argid Sawflies.
… Tim Turner, 1 December, 2013 - 4:01pm login or register to post comments

Argidae
Atomacera decepta Rohwer, female. Larvae feed on Hibiscus.
… Dave Smith, 1 December, 2013 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
for the ID, Dave. There is an herbaceous hibiscus growing within three feet of the milkweed this sawfly was photographed on, and several more within 20 feet.
… Tim Turner, 1 December, 2013 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

male argid; hope Dr Smith narrows it down further
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… v belov, 30 November, 2013 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

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