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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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caterpillar - Neodiprion
Copyright © 2006 Heather Smith

caterpillar - Neodiprion
nags head, Dare County, North Carolina, USA
June 1, 2006
Size: 1"
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Contributed by Matt Windsor on 7 June, 2006 - 10:31am
Last updated 31 July, 2019 - 10:34am

Moved
Moved from unidentified Diprionidae larvae.
… John F. Carr, 31 July, 2019 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

Genus ID
This is definitely a Neodiprion species. Probably either N. compar or N. abbotii. It is hard to know without a clearer photo of the head. If the top part of the head is pale and there is a clear whitish area above clypeus (mouth) and around eyes, it's compar. Otherwise, most likely abbotii.

Definitely not excitans or abietis.
… Catherine Linnen, 31 July, 2019 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… John F. Carr, 26 July, 2019 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

Diprionidae
let me not yet clarify the species, but just sort them to the family Diprionidae.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 26 July, 2019 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps.
… Beatriz Moisset, 6 October, 2008 - 2:19pm login or register to post comments

Balsam Fir Sawfly
Probably Neodiprion abietis, immature. A Google search by latin name will show good photos.
… Jackie, 26 July, 2006 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

The shape and the number of pairs of prolegs
lead us to suspect this is actually a sawfly larva. Images can be found in the guide here. Do you know what kind of plant it was feeding on?
… john and jane balaban, 7 June, 2006 - 10:51am login or register to post comments

 
sawfly
One of our employees found this one. They were near loblollies. Think this might be a Blackheaded pine sawfly?
(Neodiprion excitans)
Matt Windsor
… Matt Windsor, 7 June, 2006 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

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