My granddaughter Stasia has become way too afraid of bugs this year, so it's become hard to get her on the trail with me... and, alas, sometimes it's hard to get her outside... particularly after we spotted what, at first glance, looked like a giant wasp, the stuff of genuine nightmares. It was about the size of one of the Cicada Killers, but those are much later arriving in the year—typically in August—and we don't have the kind of sandy environment around here that they like for digging tunnels in which they'll stash their larvae. This one also, on my close inspection—Stasia kept her distance—seemed to lack a wasp waist, the eyes weren't waspish, and then there were those clubbed antennae. Since it seemed to lack a stinger, I felt safe enough to move in with the 85mm Micro, but it wasn't until later, when I was studying the shots, that I realized it was a Sawfly—a wasp relative but, to us at least, harmless. It was, however, very, very cool, to say nothing of a challenge, and determining anything close to a precise identification required lots of study and luck. Thank God for BugGuide: I just happened to spot what appeared to be a similar looking insect, and I think that what I observed in the yard was an Elm Sawfly, Cimbex americana. Since the American Elms are long gone, I wonder what it's using for a nest tree.