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Dusky Birch Sawfly Birch sawfly (Arge pectoralis) larvae chewing on a tag alder leaf in northern Wisconsin. Arge pectoralis,Birch Sawfly,Geotagged,Insects,United States,Wisconsin Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Dusky Birch Sawfly

Birch sawfly (Arge pectoralis) larvae chewing on a tag alder leaf in northern Wisconsin.

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  1. Very well captured! No Wiki page match, so I created a manual species entry. This one still counts for you in the contest. Posted 11 years ago
    1. Thank you! I looked very hard to identify it, and then to find out there was no Wiki page was a little disappointing... Posted 11 years ago
      1. It happens. Wikipedia has about 180,000 species pages yet there are many more species. Particularly in very "deep" categories, Wikipedia is lacking. Posted 11 years ago
  2. Great acrobats! Well done - both photo and ID. Posted 11 years ago
    1. They are Olympians in their own way! Thank you very much! Posted 11 years ago

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The Birch Sawfly is a sawfly in the Arge genus.

Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By travismorhardt

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Uploaded Nov 8, 2013. Captured Jul 26, 2012 10:51 in Unnamed Road, Tomahawk, WI 54487, USA.
  • Canon PowerShot A2200
  • f/2.8
  • 1/79s
  • ISO80
  • 5mm