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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) » Allantinae » Allantini » Dogwood Sawflies (Macremphytus)
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Macremphytus tarsatus? - Macremphytus
Copyright © 2020 Babette Kis

Macremphytus tarsatus? - Macremphytus
Barnes Prairie Remnant, Racine County, Wisconsin, USA
October 5, 2020
Dogwood sawfly larvae, Macremphutus tarsatus? A number of these on red twig dogwood leaves, Cornus sericea.

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Macremphytus tarsatus? - Macremphytus Macremphytus tarsatus? - Macremphytus
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Contributed by Babette Kis on 6 October, 2020 - 8:58am
Last updated 22 October, 2020 - 3:07pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 22 October, 2020 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

Macremphutus tarsatus
is most likely
… Alexander Boldyrev, 18 October, 2020 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Allantinae.

Sorry about that. I meant to drop them here for expert review. I do think it's quite similar to this one, though:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 October, 2020 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

 
These are different species.
The center line on the back of the Macremphytus species is free from spots.
But Taxonus pallidicornis, for instace, has black spots on the midline.
(according to Nearctic sawflies IV. Allantinae)

Plants are also different.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 18 October, 2020 - 3:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 6 October, 2020 - 5:52pm login or register to post comments

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