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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Cimbicid Sawflies (Cimbicidae) » Trichiosoma
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Copyright © 2013 Leslie Sullivan

"bald faced" caterpillar - Trichiosoma
Woolwich, Sagadahoc County, Maine, USA
July 22, 2013
Size: about 1.25"
"Bald faced" light green Caterpillar with 6 legs and cute "hands". Curled up like a fiddle leaf fig when touched. When I tried to get it off the paper bag it had crawled on - I realized it had a very strong grip! I thought I would hurt the little guy/gal. Got it onto a stick where it stayed motionless for over an hour. I've never seen one of these before (and I'm always looking for bugs).

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Contributed by Leslie Sullivan on 24 July, 2013 - 5:45pm
Last updated 17 October, 2020 - 4:44pm

Moved
Moved from Larvae.
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The number and location
of white bumps on the body corresponds to the species of the genus Trichiosoma, but not Cimbex.
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Moved
Moved from Elm Sawfly.
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sawfly
tricksters..you might start here http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=sawfly&search=Search
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