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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae)
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Cymbicid Sawfly larva
Copyright © 2006 Arlene Ripley

Cymbicid Sawfly larva
Frederick County Watershed, Frederick County, Maryland, USA
June 17, 2006
Size: approx. 40mm
This may be on a spicebush leaf but there was no evidence it had been eating it. Couldn't find in Wagner.
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Contributed by Arlene Ripley on 23 June, 2006 - 4:58pm
Last updated 24 November, 2006 - 1:32pm

Cimbicid Sawfly Larva:-)
This is the larva of a sawfly in the family Cimbicidae, perhaps genus Cimbex. The coiled defensive posture is characteristic, as well as the spiracular spots, and kind of wrinkled texture.
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 June, 2006 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Eric
I didn't know sawfly larvae could be this large.
… Arlene Ripley, 23 June, 2006 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
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