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Sawfly or Horntail? - Phylloecus riesi - female

Sawfly or Horntail? - Phylloecus riesi - Female
Crab Creek, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Lincoln County, Washington, USA
June 11, 2014
Roving around on Euphorbia esula, Leafy Spurge, along creek in sagebrush steppe habitat. Thanks for your help!
Jeanne

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Sawfly or Horntail? - Phylloecus riesi - female Sawfly or Horntail? - Phylloecus riesi

splendid; thanks, guys
Moved from Stem Sawflies.

 
Thanks for the placement V!
Thanks for the placement V!
Jeanne

Cephidae
Hartigia riesi Smith, female. Larvae are stem borers, probably in Rosa or Rubus. Adults like yellow flowers.

 
Thank you so much for this in
Thank you so much for this information. This was such an interesting sighting and this information makes it more so. We definitely have wild rose in the area, ribes aureum, ribes cereum and many yellow flowers in Spring.
Thanks,
Jeanne

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

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