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Poison Ivy Sawfly Larva

Arge

Description:

Small beetle grub with a cherry head, found in the wild side of the garden in a unknown bush.

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9 Comments

Found the ID for this spotting....Poison Ivy Sawfly Larva
Arge sp. Thanks to PN member, Francisco Ramírez.

I ID this as a Sawfly, hope it is right.....

Sckel
Sckel 8 years ago

definitely sawfly

Thank you so much, Jacob Gorneau.
I had more pictures of this creature but when I checked them, none showed the prolegs.... : (
I will be taking better pictures now that I learned from this spotting.... : )

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 9 years ago

Gilma, the information you provided further asserts that this is a sawfly larva. As you can see in your spotting there are three black true legs right near the head. If this were a Coleoptera larva, there could be more true legs. The visible black eye on the red head also means this is a sawfly as Lepidopterans larvae often do not have eyes that are visible to the naked human eye. I also think I see the necessary at least six prolegs that are characteristic of sawfly larvae.

Jacob Gorneau and LuisStevens, I do not have an ID for this spotting yet but I know that my spotting is a "Grub". I thought I share this information it is interesting... : )
Grubs: caterpillar-like larvae have six true legs, but lack any prolegs.(Coleoptera)
Sawflies larvae: have, three pairs of true legs, SEVEN proleg pairs and a terminal clasper. (Hymenoptera)
Butterflies and Moth, caterpillars: have, three pairs of true legs and no more than four or five pairs of abdominal prolegs and a clasper. (Lepidoptera)

Thank you for the suggestions, LuisStevens and Jacob Gorneau.

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 9 years ago

Interesting! A sawfly larva of some sort.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 9 years ago

Great find Gilma! It looks like the larva of some beetle .

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on Sep 14, 2014
Submitted on Sep 21, 2014

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