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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) » Allantinae » Eriocampini » Eriocampa » Woolly Alder Sawfly (Eriocampa ovata)
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Eriocampa ovata
Copyright © 2012 Sally Vogel

Eriocampa ovata
Verlot, Stillaguamish River, Snohomish County, Washington, USA
August 22, 2012
Size: 16mm
There was an infestation of these larvae on Red alder on the old grade road along the river. When the wax was wiped away, they were greenish.

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Eriocampa ovata Sawfly larvae - Eriocampa ovata
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Contributed by Sally Vogel on 26 August, 2012 - 7:55pm
Last updated 29 January, 2013 - 9:59pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 29 January, 2013 - 9:59pm login or register to post comments

Agree with Red Alder...
... Alnus rubra as the identified host.
… John Pearson, 29 January, 2013 - 8:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 29 August, 2012 - 9:29am login or register to post comments

Sawfly larvae - Eriocampa ovata…
See reference here.
… Ross Hill, 26 August, 2012 - 8:07pm login or register to post comments

 
sawfly larva
Thanks Ross, A sawfly larva had actually crossed my mind but I had no resource to check. I had previously seen another species of sawfly infestation on alders, but the larva was smooth, black and yellow banded and coiled its abdomen. Appreciate the ID.
… Sally Vogel, 26 August, 2012 - 8:23pm login or register to post comments

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