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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
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Tiny caterpillers - Neodiprion? - Neodiprion
Copyright © 2010 Jessi M. Erickson

Tiny caterpillers - Neodiprion? - Neodiprion
Ham Lake, MN, Anoka County, Minnesota, USA
May 9, 2010
They're a little blurry, but were so tiny!
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Contributed by Jessi M. Erickson on 9 May, 2010 - 3:48pm
Last updated 31 July, 2019 - 3:09pm

Moved
Moved from unidentified Diprionidae larvae.
… John F. Carr, 31 July, 2019 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

Genus ID: Neodiprion
Based on host and location, definitely Neodiprion. But they have not developed mature larval pigmentation, so I cannot ID further. For May larvae in MN on pine, most likely N. nanulus nanulus, N. sertifer, or N. pratti
… Catherine Linnen, 31 July, 2019 - 10:40am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 July, 2019 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

probably Diprionidae
.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 27 July, 2019 - 8:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2010 - 8:30pm login or register to post comments

Can't be 100-percent certain...
but they could be sawfly larvae--maybe something in/near Neodiprion.

… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 May, 2010 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction..
Is it that they all just happened to be eating that pine needle together, or will they stay in the same spot as they mature? If they stay in the same spot, I could photograph them as they mature, since the tree is in my yard.
… Jessi M. Erickson, 9 May, 2010 - 8:16pm login or register to post comments

 
They won't stay in the same spot
because they'll have to keep moving to find fresh needles to eat. I expect that they'll stay on the same tree, though, and that you'll be able to find them by following the defoliation they produce. Good luck!
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 May, 2010 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

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