Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order HYMENOPTERA

Family ARGIDAE

(Argid Sawflies)

(Table of Species)

Argid Sawflies (59 NA spp) have 3-segmented antennae, the third being very elongate. Most are leaf miners. Perhaps six species of Arge have been collected. Arge humeralis makes leaf mines in Poison Ivy (Rhus radicans) in savanna regions. Additional species of Arge that may be present are A. coccinea (sumac), A. clavicorne (Amelanchier), and A. pectoralis (Corylus). Atomocera sp has been collected from Desmodium and Sphacophilus sp from Convolvulus.


jhaar@lter.umn.edu Last updated May, 2000