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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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Sawfly Larvae - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2009 Ben Gillock

Sawfly Larvae - Cimbex americanus
Montezuma, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
September 23, 2009
Size: large
Feeding on Salix exigua. Curled into tight ball when disturbed
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Contributed by Ben Gillock on 25 September, 2009 - 9:15am
Last updated 25 April, 2010 - 6:20pm

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

Just FYI
I see John has already ID'ed this, but thought I'd let you know this is a sawfly larva, not a caterpillar. The easiest way to tell is that sawfly larvae have 6 or more pairs of prolegs, and caterpillars never have that many.
… Bobby Grizzard, 25 September, 2009 - 9:25am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 September, 2009 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

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