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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 » Neodiprion compar
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Sawfly Larva? - Neodiprion compar
Copyright © 2010 Jon Hart

Sawfly Larva? - Neodiprion compar
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
April 9, 2010
Size: unrecorded
I can't seem to find this anywhere, even in skippers. This is a rather common sight around here, so I'm a bit mystified why I can't find it.
Edit: Found on pine needle. Also, there were blisters on the same needle, perhaps done by conifer sawfly?

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Contributed by Jon Hart on 10 April, 2010 - 12:09pm
Last updated 19 July, 2019 - 12:40pm

Moved
Moved from Neodiprion.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 July, 2019 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Conifer Sawflies.
… John Pearson, 4 May, 2010 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

Diprionidae
Neodiprion sp. One of the pine sawflies. My first impression of the picture on the right would be egg scars.
… Dave Smith, 4 May, 2010 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Jon Hart, 12 April, 2010 - 7:24pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps Diprionidae.
The diprionids have a "resin sac" just behind their mouthparts that they use to blow out a bubble of resin from the conifers they feed on. This is supposed to scare away preditors with the strong smell of the resin, and I believe that it was this one is doing here.
… Natalie Hernandez, 10 April, 2010 - 2:43pm login or register to post comments

 
Aha!
So that was what it was doing. I couldn't quite get a handle on that. I was just reading about "bubble-blowers" (I think it was in the forums) the other day. I didn't connect that with this. Thank you, Natalie!
… Jon Hart, 10 April, 2010 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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