Caterpillar wearing a rusty colored, armored blanket - Dimorphopteryx

Tenthredinidae, Allantinae

Definitely a Dimorphopteryx larvae. I'm unable to identify these to species, however. Most interesting is the host plant. No members of this genus have been recorded from Aesculus; in fact, I don't know of any sawfly that has been recorded from the plant.

… Dave Smith, 21 December, 2010 - 5:14pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae. The 30-year-old Catalog of Hymenoptera doesn't list any sawfly larvae that feed on Aesculus, so this may be a new host record.

… Charley Eiseman, 21 October, 2009 - 11:51pm

Moved

Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.

… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 2:02pm

Looks to be the larva of a sawfly.

The identification of the plant they were feeding on should be a great help in identifying the species of sawfly. Nice work!

… john and jane balaban, 13 May, 2008 - 10:14pm

Posted better pictures

Since it was not the same individual, I did not paste it into this page.

I looked a lot of images and did not find an exact fit, although it was fun looking.
Thanks again for the help.

Should I delete this earlier version since I made a separate post?

John

… John Hartgerink, 15 May, 2008 - 6:06am

No, we would save it.

It is a good shot of the head and eye.

… john and jane balaban, 15 May, 2008 - 3:35pm

Thanks

I don't know anything about sawflies.
Did even know they made caterpillars.
Now I have some reading to do.
Thanks for pointing out the direction.

John

… John Hartgerink, 13 May, 2008 - 10:21pm