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caterpillar - Diprion similis

caterpillar - Diprion similis
Northeast Harbor, MDI, Hancock County, Maine, USA
August 1, 2014
Thought this one would be easy, but no luck.

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Moved

Diprion similis
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Moved

looks like Diprion similis to me
pine-feeder but often fall onto other plants

Sawfly larva?
Do you remember the host plant?

 
Pretty sure it is a Filenpend
Pretty sure it is a Filenpendula, a prairie plant that we have growing in a flower bed. There is a large white pine that is pretty close to this plant, so falling down from there is very possible.

 
I may be able to retrieve tha
I may be able to retrieve that info. If it is Diprion, it would have had to fall from one of the nearby pines.

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