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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 » Allantini » Dogwood Sawflies (Macremphytus) » Macremphytus tarsatus
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Caterpillar ID - Macremphytus tarsatus
Copyright © 2006 mick6425

Caterpillar ID - Macremphytus tarsatus
Knowlton, Mississquoi County, Quebec, Canada
Size: 1.5"
These were found on a Dogwood tree (Cornus alternifolia) in southern Quebec.They seem to eat for a while and then they all curl up to sleep for a while.
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Contributed by mick6425 on 22 September, 2006 - 2:14pm
Last updated 17 October, 2009 - 10:22pm

Moved
Moved from Macremphytus.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 October, 2009 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Sawflies.
… john and jane balaban, 22 December, 2006 - 8:47am login or register to post comments

Possibly Sawfly larva
Looks similar to http://bugguide.net/node/view/75299 which we figured to be a type of sawfly larva.
… Tom, 22 September, 2006 - 3:05pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree
and see also this series, very similar. Knowing this is on alternate-leaved dogwood builds the case for Dogwood Sawfly (perhaps for all of these) I think.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 22 September, 2006 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
adult photos
Great stuff!

I can't seam to find or see an image of this particular adult though.

Steve
(mick)
… mick6425, 25 September, 2006 - 6:44am login or register to post comments

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