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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Unidentified Sawfly Larvae
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Copyright © 2009 crgillette77

caterpillar
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 19, 2009
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Contributed by crgillette77 on 19 September, 2009 - 12:48pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 12:41am

Host plant leaf looks like Aster or Goldenrod
The narrow, elongate, finely-toothed leaf with a dense network of small veins looks like an aster (Symphyotrichum [=Aster]). Another possibility is a goldenrod (Solidago).
… John Pearson, 24 November, 2009 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 11 October, 2009 - 12:41am login or register to post comments

Looks more like a sawfly larva
than a lepidopteran to us, but this is a difficult angle to know for certain.
… john and jane balaban, 19 September, 2009 - 7:49pm login or register to post comments

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