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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Common Sawflies (Tenthredinidae) » Blennocampinae » Blennocampini » Periclista
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Sawfly Larva? - Periclista
Copyright © 2011 Jon Hart

Sawfly Larva? - Periclista
Montrose, Laurens County, Georgia, USA
April 3, 2011
Size: around 10 mm
Found on water oak leaf. When first observing this, I thought it was a strange lady beetle larva. But, as can be seen, such is not the case. I couldn't find anything close to this in sawflies, but maybe someone can ID it. The spines are most unusual. Is this a mimicry of lady beetle larvae?

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Contributed by Jon Hart on 9 April, 2011 - 5:22pm
Last updated 27 August, 2011 - 5:56pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 27 August, 2011 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

Tenthredinidae, Blennocampinae
Periclista sp. Larvae of these sawflies feed on oaks have bifurcate spines, but there are about 8 species in the East and larvae cannot be identified. Don't know olady beetle larvae well enough to know which might mimic which.
… Dave Smith, 27 August, 2011 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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Moved from "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… John R. Maxwell, 24 April, 2011 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

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… Jon Hart, 10 April, 2011 - 8:57pm login or register to post comments

There are larvae with similar spines
in Blennocampini:



But that's not an ID--just a possibility to consider while waiting to hear from folks who actually know something about these critters. :)
… Ken Wolgemuth, 9 April, 2011 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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