Cedar Creek
Natural History Area


Insects of Cedar Creek

Order HYMENOPTERA

Family CIMBICIDAE

(Cimbicid Sawflies)

(Table of Species)

The Cimbicid Sawflies (12 NA spp) are large robust sawflies with clubbed antennae. They feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs. Species collected include: Cimbex americana (elm), Trichiosoma triangulum (cherry), and Zaraea americana (honeysuckle).


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