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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Conifer Sawflies (Diprionidae) » Diprion » Introduced Pine Sawfly (Diprion similis)
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yellow-and-gray larva - Diprion similis
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

yellow-and-gray larva - Diprion similis
Thedford Conservation Area, Lambton, Ontario, Canada
September 21, 2004
Size: 10-15 mm
sandy grassy area beside river
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Contributed by Robin McLeod on 17 March, 2006 - 10:06am
Last updated 19 March, 2006 - 1:32pm

Dark eyespot and hooked abdomen
just like a sawfly larva, and looks like it might have quite a few prolegs, but we have many unidentified sawfly larvae in the guide. Is this the beginnings of a pupa?
… john and jane balaban, 17 March, 2006 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like
an Introduced Pine Sawfly that's starting to pupate.
… tom murray, 17 March, 2006 - 6:09pm login or register to post comments

 
pattern looks good
Thanks Tom and J&J; image moved to species page from ID Request.
… Robin McLeod, 19 March, 2006 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

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