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Sawfly Larvae?
Copyright © 2012 Joan Hampton

Sawfly Larvae?
Oak Canyon Nature Center, Anaheim Hills, Orange County, California, USA
April 23, 2010

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Sawfly Larvae? Sawfly Larvae? Sawfly Larvae? Sawfly Larvae?
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Contributed by Rich Schilk on 1 June, 2012 - 11:08pm
Last updated 27 June, 2012 - 5:35pm

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… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2012 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

Not a sawfly.
Looks more like a Lepidoptera, or even a Coleoptera, to me.
… Dave Smith, 3 June, 2012 - 7:00am login or register to post comments

 
Re: Not a sawfly.
Hi Dave,

Thanks for the assessment. To my untrained eye these larvae seemed similar to some photographs I've seen of the species from the family Argidae.

I thought maybe the larvae had more than 5 prolegs that are evident in some of the photographs, so I was leaning towards sawfly but unfortunately no photographs are at an angle for a definitive count. I didn't realize that some Coleoptera have caterpillar-like larvae. From what I've been reading it seems that those larvae usually have only anal prolegs. So the larvae are probably Lepidoptera then.
… Rich Schilk, 6 June, 2012 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

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