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Caterpillar
Copyright © 2016 JoeDreimiller

Caterpillar
Monroe, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
October 1, 2016
Size: 2 inches
Several eating Alder leaves. A few had their bottom 1/3 of their bodies in the air while feeding (yellow end).
Contributed by JoeDreimiller on 6 October, 2016 - 12:38am
Last updated 23 December, 2022 - 4:46am

Moved
Moved from Common Sawflies.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 December, 2022 - 4:46am

Looks like this may be a willow leaf?
In any case, there are no known North American alder-feeding sawfly larvae that look like this (but there are certainly more remaining to be discovered).
… Charley Eiseman, 19 December, 2022 - 12:07pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 19 October, 2020 - 3:35pm

Tenthredinidae
I don't think it could be anything else.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 19 October, 2020 - 3:19pm

 
and possibly Nematinae
… Alexander Boldyrev, 19 October, 2020 - 3:36pm

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… v belov, 20 March, 2017 - 5:24pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 October, 2016 - 7:29am

Looks rather to be
the larva of a sawfly
… john and jane balaban, 6 October, 2016 - 8:25am

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