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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Allantinae » Allantini » Dogwood Sawflies (Macremphytus) » Macremphytus testaceus
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caterpillar - Macremphytus testaceus
Copyright © 2014 Marjorie Melnick

caterpillar - Macremphytus testaceus
Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
September 27, 2014
Size: 1 inch
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Contributed by Marjorie Melnick on 28 September, 2014 - 6:56am
Last updated 28 January, 2017 - 10:46am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 January, 2017 - 10:46am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… v belov, 11 June, 2015 - 4:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 6 November, 2014 - 10:09pm login or register to post comments

Is it feeding on Dogwood?
The red stem makes us think Red Osier.
You can check out this species while you wait to hear from an expert.
… john and jane balaban, 23 October, 2014 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly
It is a sawfly larva, they create a white waxy coating.
You can separate them from caterpillars by the number of prolegs, sawflies have more pairs.

Maybe another can narrow down, often the host plant helps.
… Jeff Brown, 28 September, 2014 - 7:40am login or register to post comments

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