Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Heterarthrinae » Caliroini » Caliroa » Pear Slug Sawfly (Caliroa cerasi)
Photo#342628
Larvae? - Caliroa cerasi
Copyright © 2009 Naomi Smith

Larvae? - Caliroa cerasi
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
October 11, 2009
Size: 1/4 inch +
Would really like to know what this is. It does not leave a slime trail, and is eating the leaves of the Saskatoon berry. (Amelanchier) I found it on. I know its eating because there was frass in the container this morning. Any help would be appreciated.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Naomi Smith on 12 October, 2009 - 1:08pm
Last updated 14 October, 2009 - 11:00am

this is a sawfly larva -- namely, Pearslug's [Caliroa cerasi]
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 1:22pm login or register to post comments

I'm not an expert, and am not certain....
...but I had found dozens of these on wild rose bushes last fall -- on the same wild rose bushes that had had dozens of Japanese beetles. I wondered at the time if they might have been larvae of Japanese beetles. ????
… Wisconsin Oecanthinancy, 12 October, 2009 - 1:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Jap. beetle larvae, like most chafer grubs, live underground
...and look like this:
… v belov, 12 October, 2009 - 1:31pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact