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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 » Eriocampini » Eriocampa » Woolly Butternut Sawfly (Eriocampa juglandis)
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White, spongy, about 1 inch or so long. What kind of caterpillar is this? - Eriocampa juglandis
Copyright © 2005 peter_metcalf

White, spongy, about 1 inch or so long. What kind of caterpillar is this? - Eriocampa juglandis
White Bear Twsp, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
July 31, 2005
Size: 1 inch or so
At first I thought it was spores because the tree it was crawling on was in the shade. Then it moved.
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Contributed by peter_metcalf on 2 August, 2005 - 5:53pm
Last updated 16 July, 2006 - 11:50pm

Sawfly larva?
Here's a sawfly larva that is similar . What kind of tree was it? (PS: We cropped off the white border for you.)
… john and jane balaban, 2 August, 2005 - 8:06pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
These are larvae of the "butternut woollyworm." Very cool larvae!
… Eric R. Eaton, 3 August, 2005 - 12:41pm login or register to post comments

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