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The white stripes on its abdomen made it look sort of like a large bald-faced hornet resting on the forest floor in the rain. But, that couldn’t possibly be correct: It was lethargic, Its face was entirely black, Its long legs had yellow barbs; It lacked a wasp waist; And what in the world were those yellow butterfly-like clubbed antennae?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Given the dim light, picture taking was problematic, but it was good enough for a partial identification. The insect was a sawfly of the genus, Cimbex<\/em>, probably Cimbex americanus<\/em>. A relative of ants, bees, and wasps, the short-lived adult lays its eggs in the leaves of various deciduous trees and then dies.<\/p>\n They are not often seen in the heavily coniferous forests around here.<\/p>\n A Cimbex<\/em> sawfly sits lazily on the wet forest floor. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The white stripes on its abdomen made it look sort of like a large bald-faced hornet resting on the forest floor in the rain. But, that couldn’t possibly be correct: It was lethargic, Its face was entirely black, Its … Continue reading
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