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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) » Diprion » Introduced Pine Sawfly (Diprion similis)

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UID sawfly larva - Diprion similis

Cove Point, Lusby, Calvert County, Maryland, USA
June 13, 2019

maybe Dolerinae? Found crawling on the wooden railing of an outdoor deck.
TIA

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UID sawfly larva - Diprion similis

UID sawfly larva - Diprion similis

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Contributed by Steve Scholnick on 22 June, 2019 - 12:13am
Last updated 26 July, 2019 - 4:34pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.

… John F. Carr, 26 July, 2019 - 4:34pm

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probably Diprion similis

prepupa
And probably someone else grows inside it.
Alien ))

… Alexander Boldyrev, 26 July, 2019 - 10:18am

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thanks

what makes you suspect it's been parasitized?

… Steve Scholnick, 26 July, 2019 - 5:34pm

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pink color

I was rearing a lot of larvae of different species. At different stages of development, the larvae can change the pattern on the body and color. This is especially noticeable at the prepupa stage. But some of them become unusually pink in color, which is not characteristic of the larvae of this species. This can happen not only at the last stage, but even earlier. Later it turns out that such larvae were parasitized. I do not want to say that this is a mandatory rule. However, as far as I noticed, such a coincidence is very frequent.

… Alexander Boldyrev, 27 July, 2019 - 3:12am

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thanks for the explanation

now I'm really sorry I didn't try to rear it

… Steve Scholnick, 27 July, 2019 - 3:38pm

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However,

I want to note that there are species in which the pink or red color of prepupa is normal.

… Alexander Boldyrev, 28 July, 2019 - 2:35pm

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Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 22 June, 2019 - 7:41am

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