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Sawfly [larvae] ID Request - Cladius pectinicornis
Copyright © 2009 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Sawfly [larvae] ID Request - Cladius pectinicornis
Herring Run Watershed, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
November 16, 2009
Observed on a neighbor's cultivated Rose.
Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 15 December, 2009 - 10:01am
Last updated 15 December, 2009 - 11:10am

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Moved from ID Request.
… Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City, 15 December, 2009 - 11:10am

Sawfly on rose
Looks the same as this one

which has no ID yet, but may be the same as this

if that species can have a dark head like this.
...Actually, the lower larva in your photo does have a lighter colored head, which suggests that they all are in fact Bristly Rose Slugs.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 December, 2009 - 11:06am

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