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Rhadinoceraea sp. sawfly larvae larvae on corn lily (Veratrum viride) Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Rhadinoceraea sp. sawfly larvae

larvae on corn lily (Veratrum viride)

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  1. View Christine Young's profile
    Christine Young
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    Rhadinoceraea aldrichi feeds on Veratrum viride. There might be other species of Rhadinoceraea that do as well.

    Some Rhadinoceraea fun facts:
    https://idtools.org/id/sawfly/factsheet.php?name=17553

     Posted 3 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      Yeah - it looked like there were multiple - I didn't see any larvae over at BugGuide that anyone had dared go beyond genus, so I figured that they must be too similar to tell without raising them to see what fly they pupate into... every once in a while I see someone who has done something like that. Someone found some leaf cutter bee larvae in their yard that they figure a raccoon had dug up, so they 'rescued' them and hatched them. They had before/afters - it was pretty cool.

      Considering that I was at Mt. Rainier in the national park I might be able to narrow it down - every once in a while I come across good documents that give species censuses. Or at least I've found these for butterflies and moths, though I don't know if there's one for sawflies.       Posted 3 years ago, modified 3 years ago
      1. View Christine Young's profile
        Christine Young
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        Many larvae are like that and need to be reared to determine species. But, like you said, maybe you will get lucky! Posted 3 years ago

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Uploaded Aug 23, 2022. Captured Aug 21, 2022 15:15 in Owyhigh Lakes Trail, Ashford, WA 98304, USA.
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