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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) » Tenthredininae
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Common Sawfly larva
Copyright © 2020 Nancy Kent

Common Sawfly larva
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
September 20, 2020
Found this crawling across a paved path in a wooded area. ID, please?
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 20 September, 2020 - 7:12pm
Last updated 25 September, 2020 - 9:22am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Bob Biagi, 25 September, 2020 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

Not sure, but...
I think I can make out 7 annulets, and I think it's probably Tenthredininae. I've seen others this colour in that subfamily.
… Spencer K. Monckton, 25 September, 2020 - 8:31am login or register to post comments

 
I agree!
I think it is a Common Sawfly. I finally found others in my files.
… Nancy Kent, 25 September, 2020 - 9:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Biagi, 21 September, 2020 - 6:32pm login or register to post comments

Sawfly
I'm not 100% sure about it, but it looks more like a sawfly larva. They look like caterpillars but you can tell the difference from their eyes, and sometimes head and body shape. Sawfly larvae have only two eyes (one on each side, usually as quite visible small black dots), caterpillars usually have twelve (6 on each side)tiny eyes that are rather hard to see.
… Lapis The Mothman, 21 September, 2020 - 1:15am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
It probably is a sawfly larva. Bob Biagi also suggested that.
… Nancy Kent, 21 September, 2020 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

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