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Fuzzy black winged insect I'm a little stumped.. sawfly? scolid wasp? Geotagged,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Fuzzy black winged insect

I'm a little stumped.. sawfly? scolid wasp?

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Ugh, indeed quite some possibilities. Sawfly, club-horned wasp, aphid wasp, flower wasp.

    I think important characteristics are the relatively small eyes (often found in sawflies but not exclusively so) and the lack of a thin waist.     Posted 2 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      Bugguide was extremely quick to genus on this one - I just got a notification back sawfly genus Dolerus. I'll have to do some digging, but I came across one called unicolor, because the males are all black.. seems to fit, especially if none of the other are also all black..
      edit - it looks like males of many species may be all black...       Posted 2 years ago, modified 2 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        Having the genus this quickly is great! Posted 2 years ago

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Uploaded May 19, 2023. Captured May 18, 2023 12:30 in 20405 S 204th St, Kent, WA 98032, USA.
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