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Pretty sure this is a sawfly larva. Its head is buried in the rose bud and you can see some excrement attached to the other end.
Spotted on Jun 23, 2011
Submitted on Jun 23, 2011
4 Comments
That's very interesting! The blue one was spotted just a day before the green. However, there were several on the same plant. I'll be sure to monitor them more closely this year.
I think this may be a blue morph of the other sawfly larvae as they look exactly the same, but your other larvae is the normal green color. If it is this is a rare find!
Thank you! He really was handsome.
I'm guessing excrement...pretty destructive little guy.
Very beautiful shots!