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Oak Mining Sawfly

Profenusa pygmaea

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 70, February 52, March 81, April 127, May 183, June 200, July 214, August 184, September 135, October 101, November 55, December 43.
United States1,444
Alaska1,444
United Kingdom136
England126
Germany41
Austria35
Finland24
Steiermark20
France17
Spain12

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyCommon Sawflies · Tenthredinidae
GenusProfenusa

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Oak Mining Sawfly with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.