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Horntails, Wood Wasps and Sawfliesdo you recognize this insect?
Can you identify this insect? Does it bite? thanks
This appears to be a Cimbicid Sawfly, but the photo is so blurry we cannot be certain. You did not provide us with a location, but the file is labled “iron mountain fly”. We found an Iron Mountain, Michigan, but we are not certain that is where this photo was taken. Not providing us with helpful information combined with the blurry image makes this identification speculative guesswork. There is a genus of Sawflies, Trichiosoma, that has similar coloration. BugGuide has gotten specimens from Pennsylvania, and that is close to Michigan. Sawflies are nonstinging relatives of wasps. Some have powerful mandibles and can bite, but they are not poisonous.
Thanks much for solving the mystery. Yes, it was seen in Iron Mountain, Michigan. Sorry about the bluriness, it’s menacing appearance must have made my hands shaky.
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