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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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Stripy - Cimbex americanus
Copyright © 2010 Kelly

Stripy - Cimbex americanus
Merrill, Lincoln County, Wisconsin, USA
July 8, 2010
I have asked a few sites and so far no one know what type of caterpillar this is. It has made a cocoon now so we are hoping to see the butterfly/moth come out :) any info would be great

Thanks,
K

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Stripy - Cimbex americanus Stripy - Cimbex americanus
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Contributed by Kelly on 19 July, 2010 - 2:51pm
Last updated 22 July, 2018 - 12:34am

Rearing results?
Hi Kelly: did you have any success rearing this Cimbex? The colouration is so distinctive, and I'm not sure how this form came to be associated with C. americana. I'm curious to see if the adult is in any way different.
… Spencer K. Monckton, 8 September, 2019 - 10:45am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Bob Biagi, 22 July, 2018 - 12:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 April, 2011 - 11:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 5 August, 2010 - 3:35pm login or register to post comments

Compare here
… john and jane balaban, 19 July, 2010 - 6:49pm login or register to post comments

 
WOW
looks just like it but a pretty light orange. How bad are these guys?
… Kelly, 19 July, 2010 - 7:08pm login or register to post comments

Hmmm....
I'm not convinced it's a caterpillar. I think it may be some sort of Sawfly larvae. I have been fooled by them before! The eyes seem to suggest it. Someone with more knowledge can tell you more, but I really don't think you'll see any sort of moth or butterfly come out of it.
… Cassie Novak, 19 July, 2010 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
A sawfly of some sort, unfortunately that cocoon will only hatch to be a fly.
… Ryan St Laurent, 19 July, 2010 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Hymenoptera
Not a fly (related to bees and wasps)
… John R. Maxwell, 19 July, 2010 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
Thanks for the clarification, gotta love common terms, you say tomato I say tomahto...
… Ryan St Laurent, 19 July, 2010 - 7:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I never thought it could be something like that. My son will be happy whatever it is. He loves all bugs
… Kelly, 19 July, 2010 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

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