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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) » Tenthredininae
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Sawfly? larva from black haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
Copyright © 2007 Jonathan Rosenthal

Sawfly? larva from black haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, USA
June 21, 2007
Size: 0.7 cm
I've shaken quite a few of these critters off black haw (Viburnum prunifolium) foliage and they look like sawfly larvae to me. However, my search for "Viburnum and sawfly" turned up only one sawfly species, which is a stem borer, and doesn't really resemble the ones I've found. The photos are of 2 different individuals, with differing head patterns. Any suggestions?

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Sawfly? larva from black haw (Viburnum prunifolium) Sawfly? larva from black haw (Viburnum prunifolium)
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Contributed by Jonathan Rosenthal on 28 July, 2007 - 7:22am
Last updated 21 August, 2019 - 5:07pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 August, 2019 - 5:07pm login or register to post comments

probably subfamily Tenthredininae
(both larvae with 7 annulets)
several Macrophya species feed on Viburnum
… Alexander Boldyrev, 21 August, 2019 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

sawfly is correct
but can´t tell more, sorry.
… Boris Büche, 29 July, 2007 - 12:19pm login or register to post comments

 
sawfly
Thanks. Glad to at least have it confirmed as a sawfly - I was beginning to doubt myself based on the absence of references to such beasts (other than the stem borers) on its host plant.
… Jonathan Rosenthal, 30 July, 2007 - 10:28pm login or register to post comments

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