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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » "Symphyta" - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps » Argid Sawflies (Argidae) » Atomacera » Hibiscus Sawfly (Atomacera decepta)

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Copyright © 2014 Vicki DeLoach

Small green caterpillars on hibiscus - Atomacera decepta

Woodstock, Cherokee County, Georgia, USA
August 26, 2013
Size: est 1/2"

These small green caterpillars devoured our perennial pink hibiscus leaves last year.

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Contributed by Vicki DeLoach on 28 April, 2014 - 2:00pm
Last updated 28 April, 2014 - 4:44pm

Argidae

Larvae - ok for Atomacera decepta

… Dave Smith, 26 May, 2014 - 5:54pm

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Atomacera decepta - Hibiscus Sawfly

Moved from ID Request.

… Fyn Kynd, 28 April, 2014 - 4:44pm

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funny that there's a frog right there

was it eating the sawfly larvae?

… Miles Buddy, 28 April, 2014 - 3:11pm

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green treefrog & sawfly larvae

I think it was coincidence. I was photographing the treefrog - it never moved all day. The hibiscus was covered in the sawfly larvae and they moved around the frog. I never saw him go for one. That hibiscus is just starting to green out this year but I've already seen one green treefrog perched on the bare stem of a buddleia next to the hibiscus. This one never moved all day either - except when I rattled the plant to move a stem out of the way for photos. Sawflies are swarming but no larvae yet. I've got to dispense with the larvae this year to save my hibiscus ... but I sure don't want to hurt the treefrogs. btw we have about a dozen frog species in our yard here.

… Vicki DeLoach, 29 April, 2014 - 10:06am

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Hibiscus Sawfly Larvae

Hibiscus sawfly.

… John Stanard, 28 April, 2014 - 2:03pm

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thanks

Thank you so much for the ID! I've got to prevent my hibiscus from being devoured this year and yet I don't want to hurt the frogs or other wildlife.

… Vicki DeLoach, 29 April, 2014 - 9:41am

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