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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Northern Pitch Twig Moth Sawfly

Xyela alpigena

About

A minute sawfly that is part of the oldest surviving lineage of Hymenoptera. Adults have the distinctive elongated third antennal segment characteristic of xyelids.

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Did You Know?

This high-altitude species represents a living lineage that has survived essentially unchanged for over 200 million years.