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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Arge » larvae unidentified beyond genus (Arge larvae unidentified beyond genus)
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Unidentified caterpillars - Arge
Copyright © 2007 Mike Feder

Unidentified caterpillars - Arge
Oakland lake / Alley pond park, Queens County, New York, USA
August 23, 2007
Hundreds of these caterpillars were defoliating a lake-side shrub.
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Contributed by Mike Feder on 25 August, 2007 - 9:55pm
Last updated 27 July, 2021 - 8:01am

Moved
Moved from Arge.
… v belov, 27 July, 2021 - 8:01am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 July, 2019 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

I do not know if this is Arge
I do not know if this is Arge pectoralis, as already said, but I agree that this is the genus Arge.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 17 July, 2019 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

Looks like
Birch Sawfly larvae (Arge pectoralis)
… Howell Curtis, 12 February, 2008 - 10:51pm login or register to post comments

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… Beatriz Moisset, 12 February, 2008 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

The shrub is a willow
and the "caterpillar" is probably a sawfly, which is a primitive relative of wasps. I'll leave it to the experts to narrow it down from there.
… Chuck Entz, 25 August, 2007 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

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