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).
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Last updated May, 2000