Genus Fenusa
This was a very, very tiny wasp--maybe 5 mm. I wasn't going to take its picture because
it was so very small and it looked like some little wasps I'd photographed before, but I'm
glad I did. It pays to photograph everything.
It has a little pointy beak.
Bugguide.net helped ID this as a Sawfly. Luckily I don't have birch, alder or elm
trees in my yard because that is what the larvae of this insect feed on. They wreak
havoc on the leaves. The adult Sawfly merely feeds on pollen or munches
on an occasional insect. © Carol Davis 5-21-2010 in Taylorsville, UT
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