Tenthredo sp. Linnaeus, 1758
Tenthredo sp.: https://marylandbiodiversity.org/species/19574
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Ischyroceraea sp. 
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"Larvae feed on a very wide variety of plants, though larvae of each species are often restricted to one host; adults prey on flies and other insects in flowers not necessarily associated with larval food plants." (BugGuide)

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Tenthredo
Tenthredo arcuata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Symphyta
Family: Tenthredinidae
Subfamily: Tenthredininae
Tribe: Tenthredinini
Genus: Tenthredo
Linnaeus, 1758
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Tenthredo (from the Greek τενθρηδών tenthrēdōn "earth nesting wasp")[1] is a genus of sawflies with more than 700 species of the family Tenthredinidae, subfamily Tenthredininae. It is of Holarctic distribution.

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Species of this genus are easily recognisable by their wasplike appearance although lacking the thin 'waist' of a true wasp. They have long antennæ. The fore wings of these sawflies have a lance-shaped cell with a straight cross-nervure. Larvae feed on a very wide variety of plants, each species is often restricted to one host; adults prey on flies and other insects in flowers.

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References

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  1. ^ τενθρηδών. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.
  2. ^ Goulet, H.; Bennett, A.M. (2021). "Checklist of the sawflies (Hymenoptera) of Canada, Alaska and Greenland". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 82: 21–67 – via NatureServe.