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Acantholyda balanata BugGuide comes through - this may have taken a little while, but someone classified this little guy today. :) Acantholyda balanata,Geotagged,Greenstriped webspinning sawfly,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Acantholyda balanata

BugGuide comes through - this may have taken a little while, but someone classified this little guy today. :)

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The Greenstriped webspinning sawfly

Acantholyda balanata is a relatively uncommon innocuous solitary defoliator.

Mature larva up to 18 mm long. Head, light tan with a pair of seven segmented antennae and rows of brown spots in two patches over the crown. Body, yellowish green with dark green middorsal and midventral stripes, prominent gold spiracles and a yellow subspiracular stripe. A pair of jointed appendages occur at the posterior end.

This species overwinters as a prepupal larva in earthen cells. Adults.. more

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Apr 28, 2015. Captured Apr 26, 2015 15:59 in Unnamed Road, Cle Elum, WA 98922, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm