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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Cimbex » Elm Sawfly (Cimbex americanus) » Larvae (Cimbex americanus Larvae)
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caterpillar - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

caterpillar - Cimbex americanus
Merrimack, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
June 25, 2009
Size: ~1 1/4 or 1 1/2 in.
This creamy yellow caterpillar was found crawling over the grass. It stayed curled up for 2 hours, and as soon as I touched it, it recurled. I had to force it out of the curled position for the photos. Nothing I've ever seen, nor anything like it in my guide. And it's not hairy.

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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 28 June, 2009 - 11:30am
Last updated 7 November, 2010 - 11:42am

Moved
Moved from Elm sawfly.
… v belov, 10 November, 2009 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

i guess
it is an elm sawfly larva... i saw pictures of the same caterpillar. Does it eat willow?
… Molly Jacobson, 28 June, 2009 - 1:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Elm Sawfly on Texas Ash
I just caught one of these on a Texas Ash in my mother's front yard. I'd never seen one before, and I am familiar with many of the caterpillars in my area - I was a tomboy and now mother of 3 boys. Is it common to North Central Texas and I've just overlooked it all these years?

Thanks.
… stonemaven, 27 May, 2012 - 7:26pm login or register to post comments

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