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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) » Tenthredininae
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Caterpillar Identification
Copyright © 2014 Lynn Murphy

Caterpillar Identification
Chassell, Houghton County, Michigan, USA
August 30, 2013
This caterpillar was on a blackberry leaf in my yard which I let grow wild to attract insects and wildlife. I live
in a boreal area of white spruce, hemlock, paper and yellow birch, poplar, and red maple. I noticed it also lay curled
up on top of the leaf for a couple of days. I took this photo at 2:00 p.m. The location is in the western Upper
Peninsula of Michigan near Lake Superior.
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Contributed by Lynn Murphy on 4 January, 2014 - 1:22pm
Last updated 1 September, 2019 - 2:45pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Sawfly Larvae.
… v belov, 1 September, 2019 - 2:45pm login or register to post comments

probably subfamily Tenthredininae
(7 annulets)
I do not have full confidence, but I think it is more consistent with Tenthredininae than Selandriinae.
… Alexander Boldyrev, 27 August, 2019 - 7:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 13 January, 2014 - 10:04am login or register to post comments

Can't see the eyes or the prolegs,
but it looks like it might be a sawfly larva instead of a lepidoptera
… john and jane balaban, 4 January, 2014 - 2:44pm login or register to post comments

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