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Dogwood Sawfly

Macremphytus tarsatus

Notes:

Found feeding on Gray Dogwood, Cornus racemosa. I'd never seen these up until a few weeks ago, but I've now spotted them in two locations 20 miles apart. They look like caterpillars but are the larvae of a sawfly, a wasp-like insect. The powdery white ones are second instar larvae while the black, white and yellow ones are a late molt.

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Interesting!

ScottRasmussen
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ScottRasmussen

Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on Sep 10, 2011
Submitted on Sep 28, 2011

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