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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Unidentified Sawfly Larvae
Photo#7107
Sawfly larva
Copyright © 2004 Vincent J Hickey

Sawfly larva
Kennebunk, Maine, USA
August 31, 2004
larva of Sawfly...2cm ;ID by UMaine ExtServ, prob Diprion sp. Another image: new molt, which has not yet darkened in face
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Contributed by Vincent J Hickey on 17 September, 2004 - 6:24pm
Last updated 6 October, 2008 - 2:25pm

Moved
Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 2:25pm login or register to post comments

looks like Introduced Pine Sawfly
Compare with the pictures on this site.
… tom murray, 11 November, 2005 - 8:42am login or register to post comments

Host plant?
Unless this thing was found on or near a conifer, it is not a Diprion sp.
… Eric R. Eaton, 20 September, 2004 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

 
plant in photo
With its combination of prickles, pointed bud, and narrow stipules, the plant in the photo appears to be a raspberry (Rubus).
… John Pearson, 29 November, 2009 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

 
caterpillar
V J Hickey: almost directly under a 60ft Maine white pine; ID by U Maine Ext Serv Entomology...but there is also a 50 Black Walnut very close by, along with many Spruce trees. VJH
… Vincent J Hickey, 20 September, 2004 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

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