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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Conifer Sawflies (Diprionidae) » Neodiprion » Red-headed Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei)
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White and Black with Red Head Larvae - Neodiprion lecontei
Copyright © 2016 eaglebeach

White and Black with Red Head Larvae - Neodiprion lecontei
Tracys Landing, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, USA
July 19, 2014
I have no idea but they seem to match BugGuide's pictures for Red-Headed Pine Sawfly Larvae - Neodiprion lecontei, and the behavior matches what is described in one of my guidebooks. I will have to doublecheck, but it is possible that I have photos from the weeks after this was taken that may be the adults. The adults were not on pine trees they were frolicking in the late day sunshine on some other kind of tree, but there were other pine trees in the area.
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Contributed by eaglebeach on 29 April, 2016 - 3:27pm
Last updated 29 April, 2016 - 6:54pm

Moved tentatively
Moved from ID Request.

Looks right, but expert confirmation would be appreciated.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 April, 2016 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly larvae, definitely
and your id may be right
… margarethe brummermann, 29 April, 2016 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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