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Trogus pennator
A type of saw fly. Trogus sp. wasps are parasitoids of butterfly larvae, especially swallowtails, and have been observed emerging from the pupae of these butterflies. There are 6 species in the Trogus genus in North America.
Spotted on Aug 28, 2012
Submitted on Sep 5, 2012
2 Comments
Yes! Any Genus of Trogus would be detrimental to the butterfly garden. Also any Mantis, they love to eat butterfly's.
In other words though he is a pretty fellow, he would not be welcome in my Butterfly garden!