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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)
Photo#158745
Caterpillar
Copyright © 2007 Tom Bentley

Caterpillar
Frontera Audubon, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
November 25, 2007
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Contributed by Tom Bentley on 27 November, 2007 - 8:18pm
Last updated 9 November, 2009 - 5:23pm

Moved
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… v belov, 9 November, 2009 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

Argidae
Some argid sawflies are known to feed on Acacia. but larvae aren't known well enough to make an id.
… Dave Smith, 9 November, 2009 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

We were thinking one of the Whites,
but it looks like about 6 or more pair of abdominal prolegs. We would suggest Sawfly larva
… john and jane balaban, 27 November, 2007 - 11:09pm login or register to post comments

 
I mislabeled this one..it sho
I mislabeled this one..it should have been filed under sawfly. They were defoliating this one little tree. Of course I can't remember the name of the tree.
… Tom Bentley, 27 November, 2007 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

 
With those small leaflets
it looks like a legume. Maybe Mesquite or something.
… john and jane balaban, 27 November, 2007 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I think the host plant was Ac
I think the host plant was Acacia smallii, common name Huisache.
… Tom Bentley, 28 November, 2007 - 4:39pm login or register to post comments

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