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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Conifer Sawflies (Diprionidae) » Neodiprion » Red-headed Pine Sawfly (Neodiprion lecontei)
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unknown - Neodiprion lecontei
Copyright © 2008 Christopher Camargo

unknown - Neodiprion lecontei
UCF Orlando, Orange County, Florida, USA
October 23, 2008

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unknown - Neodiprion lecontei unknown - Neodiprion lecontei
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Contributed by Christopher Camargo on 23 October, 2008 - 10:27am
Last updated 31 July, 2019 - 10:35am

Moved
Moved from unidentified Diprionidae larvae.
… John F. Carr, 31 July, 2019 - 10:35am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… John F. Carr, 26 July, 2019 - 3:54pm login or register to post comments

Diprionidae
let me not yet clarify the species, but just sort them to the family Diprionidae.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 26 July, 2019 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

Parasite?
What is that orangish thing on its side? A parasite?
… Beatriz Moisset, 24 November, 2009 - 5:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I wondered
about it being the head cap from its molting?
… John R. Maxwell, 25 November, 2009 - 7:31am login or register to post comments

 
Makes sense
It seems that it fits like a glove. With that in mind I realize that I see a lot of loose skin. It is molting!
… Beatriz Moisset, 25 November, 2009 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

More Than One?
Were any other larvae present, or just this one?
… John Stanard, 24 October, 2008 - 9:30am login or register to post comments

 
this was the only one that i
this was the only one that i noticed
… Christopher Camargo, 26 October, 2008 - 10:03pm login or register to post comments

It looks like...
...the red-headed pine sawfly.
… John Stanard, 23 October, 2008 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
but I'm not sure saw palmetto would be an appropriate host, unless it somehow was transfered there (fell?).
… John R. Maxwell, 24 October, 2008 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

I think
I would look through the Sawfly larvae
http://bugguide.net/node/view/231556/bgimage
Looks like it is mid-molt and may have once had a "Red head".
What is the host plant?
… John R. Maxwell, 23 October, 2008 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
The host plant was a saw palm
The host plant was a saw palmetto.
… Christopher Camargo, 24 October, 2008 - 6:30am login or register to post comments

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