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caterpillar - Macremphytus tarsatus
Copyright © 2012 Phyllis Kelly

caterpillar - Macremphytus tarsatus
Grafton, Lorain County, Ohio, USA
September 28, 2012
Can someone help with an ID on this caterpillar?
Contributed by Phyllis Kelly on 28 September, 2012 - 8:39pm
Last updated 10 October, 2015 - 12:38pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… v belov, 29 September, 2012 - 9:09am

Tenthredinidae, Allantinae
Macremphytus tarsatus (Say), a dogwood sawfly.
… Dave Smith, 29 September, 2012 - 5:50am

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… Bob Carlson, 28 September, 2012 - 8:50pm

 
sawfly larvae
Thanks! That explains why they weren't in my caterpillar references.
… Phyllis Kelly, 29 September, 2012 - 5:40am

sawfly larva, actually
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 28 September, 2012 - 8:43pm

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