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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex » Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americanus) » Larvae (Cimbex americanus Larvae)
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Caterpillar? - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2012 Henry Godnitz

Caterpillar? - Cimbex americanus
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
July 26, 2012
Size: >100 mm
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Contributed by Henry Godnitz on 27 July, 2012 - 12:53am
Last updated 1 August, 2012 - 4:00pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 1 August, 2012 - 4:00pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly Larva
Lovely, thanks for posting! I believe your picture is a sawfly larva and not a caterpillar.
Here is a picture of one a few weeks ago in Saskatoon:
http://bugguide.net/node/view/670964
… Sara Simpkins, 27 July, 2012 - 1:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Eek, it was crawling on your skin. Do these larvae bite or are they harmless?
… Henry Godnitz, 27 July, 2012 - 1:18am login or register to post comments

 
No worries :)
The one I handled did not do anything but crawl. As far as I can find the larva don't bite and are quite harmless,though they do occasionally omit a fowl smelling/tasting liquid similar to grasshoppers when they feel threatened.
… Sara Simpkins, 27 July, 2012 - 1:24am login or register to post comments

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