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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) » Blennocampinae » Blennocampini » Periclista
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Sawfly larva? - Periclista
Copyright © 2008 Elizabeth Winthrop

Sawfly larva? - Periclista
10 miles north of Doniphan, Ripley County, Missouri, USA
May 15, 2008
Size: ~25 mm
I suspect this may be a sawfly larva. Had a lot of prolegs on it in comparison to a caterpillar. Was found on an oak species.

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Contributed by Elizabeth Winthrop on 15 May, 2008 - 5:47pm
Last updated 10 November, 2009 - 5:49pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 10 November, 2009 - 5:49pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae
Blennocampinae, Periclista sp. A larva with such spines and feeding on oak must be a species of Periclista.
… Dave Smith, 10 November, 2009 - 5:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 1:58pm login or register to post comments

There are a number of images
of larvae with forked spines in the guide here under Periclista, but we don't know if other genera have that feature.
… john and jane balaban, 15 May, 2008 - 6:20pm login or register to post comments

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