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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) » Nematinae » Willow Sawflies and allies (Nematini) » Euura » Former Pontania (Euura Former Pontania)
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Sawfly larva - Euura
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Elliott

Sawfly larva - Euura
Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington, USA
October 12, 2008

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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 13 October, 2008 - 8:30pm
Last updated 6 December, 2008 - 2:07am

Willow
The host plant appears to be a willow (Salix). A quick scan of the PLANTS database for ones previously recorded in Pierce County, Washington with leaves that resemble this include S. barclayi, S. commutata, and S. hookeriana.
… John Pearson, 19 December, 2009 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawfly larvae.
… Charley Eiseman, 6 December, 2008 - 2:07am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Charley
for IDing these.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 December, 2008 - 11:04am login or register to post comments

 
I am confused!
Is there just one larva here, or a billion?
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 13 May, 2010 - 2:24pm login or register to post comments

 
One larva
and the rest is frass I think.
… Lynette Elliott, 13 May, 2010 - 7:28pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
...I can't help but notice that people on Bugguide sure love the word frass!
… Arthur Scott Macmillan, 13 May, 2010 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

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