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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Atomacera » Hibiscus Sawfly (Atomacera decepta)
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Hibiscus Sawfly larva? - Atomacera decepta
Copyright © 2008 Al Askevold

Hibiscus Sawfly larva? - Atomacera decepta
Taney, County, Missouri, USA
June 6, 2008
I'm pretty sure this is a Hibiscus Sawfly larva, Atomacera decepta, but it does not match the photos on the page- http://bugguide.net/node/view/4413/bgimage . I do not see the black tipped spines but this is one of the first to show on my hibiscus plants this year and the first time I have photographed the larva. Also I have a photo of a fly thats always close to the hibiscus but it's not a match to the Hibiscus Sawfly photos with no red thorax and transparent wings. I will send the fly photo next as "Hibiscus Sawfly?".

Al Askevold
Forsyth, Missouri
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Contributed by Al Askevold on 6 June, 2008 - 4:06pm
Last updated 14 August, 2008 - 6:37pm

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