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Caterpillar Species - Neodiprion lecontei

Caterpillar Species - Neodiprion lecontei
Hanover, York County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 17, 2018

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Species ID
Red-headed pine sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei). White-bodied morph (common in mid-Atlantic US).

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Look rather to be
sawfly larvae. Do you know what they were feeding on?

 
Pine tree
I couldn't tell you the species of coniferous tree

 
The Red-headed Pine Sawfly is
The Red-headed Pine Sawfly is a good possibility. See here: https://bugguide.net/node/view/712941

 
I concur
That looks like a match, thank you

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