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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Allantinae » Allantini » Dogwood Sawflies (Macremphytus) » Macremphytus testaceus
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Dogwood sawfly larva - Macremphytus testaceus
Copyright © 2008 Stephen Gingold

Dogwood sawfly larva - Macremphytus testaceus
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 19, 2008
Size: 1"
My elderberry and choke cherries are covered with these. I've also seen them on Goldenrod.

Any ID help will be appreciated. I looked through Wagner but didn't see this
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Contributed by Stephen Gingold on 22 September, 2008 - 3:55pm
Last updated 22 October, 2009 - 9:44pm

Moved
Moved from Macremphytus.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 October, 2009 - 9:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks.
Hi Charley. Thanks for nailing this one down. I appreciate your finding the ID.
… Stephen Gingold, 23 October, 2009 - 3:27am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Dogwood Sawfly.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 October, 2009 - 10:15pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly
Based on the number of prolegs, I'll venture you have a sawfly larva of some kind. Hopefully someone more knowledgeable than I will happen along.
… John Stanard, 22 September, 2008 - 5:15pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks John.
I've renamed and moved this after looking through some other images. I appreciate your pointing me in the right direction.
… Stephen Gingold, 22 September, 2008 - 7:04pm login or register to post comments

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