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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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Larvae on Potentilla simplex - Periclista
Copyright © 2005 kvhanson

Larvae on Potentilla simplex - Periclista
East Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, USA
May 24, 2005
Size: 5/8"
Several dozen larvae feeding on Potentilla simplex and Fragaria x ananasa.
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Contributed by kvhanson on 26 May, 2005 - 8:07pm
Last updated 4 April, 2010 - 1:40pm

Moved
Moved from Sawflies.
… john and jane balaban, 22 December, 2006 - 8:18pm login or register to post comments

green spiny larvae
I found this larva identified as raspberry sawfly (Monophadnoides geniculatus) on a Manitoba Ag website. www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/insects
We also found the same larvae feeding on raspberry leaves in another location.
… kvhanson, 18 June, 2005 - 10:05am login or register to post comments

 
Convenient followup :)
I was just this second looking at one of these I brought home yesterday thinking it would be a butterfly caterpillar of some sort. Then your comment notification came along and there's the same critter! I just looked at it through a 10x loupe and sure enough, there's too many prolegs for a lepidopteran so it must be a sawfly.
… Troy Bartlett, 18 June, 2005 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

Keep an eye on them
Most larval guides are based on the final instar which often appears different than earlier stages. I'll bet these will grow and become more recognizable.
… Troy Bartlett, 29 May, 2005 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

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