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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Webspinning and Leafrolling Sawflies (Pamphiliidae) » Neurotoma » Cherry Webspinning Sawfly (Neurotoma fasciata)
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Cherry Webspinning Sawfly - Neurotoma fasciata
Copyright © 2006 Jackie

Cherry Webspinning Sawfly - Neurotoma fasciata
Essex, Ontario, Canada
July 7, 2006
Size: 20 mm long
Neurotoma fasciata. A tent shaped around the leaves of Pin Cherry (Prunus pensylvanica). Available literature states they nest in Black Cherry (P. serotina). However, I think photos #1588, 1589, 1590 and 30162 may be the same animals. One tent is on Poplar (Populus). The caterpillars expand the tent when they need more leaves. They eat and spin in shifts. All other movements are syncronized. Awesome to watch. Note the red fluid at top left.
Correction welcome.

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Contributed by Jackie on 7 July, 2006 - 5:53pm
Last updated 7 July, 2006 - 6:54pm

Hannah made a guide page for these.
Are you secure enough in your ID of the other four images you mention that you think we should move them to this page also?
Eagerly awaiting your new posts on some other sawfly larvae. Have been waiting a long time for someone to come along and make sense of all those images!
… john and jane balaban, 8 July, 2006 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

 
Cherry Sawfly
Yes, all are Cherry Sawfly (Neurotoma fasciata). None have prolegs. Interesting that Tom Murray's photo is from August 31. They might be double-brooded. Won't take long to discover what the adult looks like with the batch from here.
… Jackie, 8 July, 2006 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

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