White Pine Sawfly - Diprion similis

Larva with a black, yellow, and white pattern.

Habitat: Spotted on a fern in a coniferous forest.

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Flown Kimmerling

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Awesome! Look at those colors and that pattern! :o Posted 7 years ago
1. Christine Young
  
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  Thanks, it sure was a beauty! Thankfully, someone ID'd it online for me because I was in a rush when I took the picture, and neglected to get a shot of all the prolegs. I was guessing sawfly, but without the confirmation of counting those fleshly, little legs. Posted 7 years ago

The Pine Sawfly

A member of the family Diprionidae (conifer sawflies), the pine sawfly is a species native to Europe and introduced to North America in the early 1900s. It lives its life cycle in coniferous trees where, if a large enough population is found, it can stunt the growth of its host tree.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by Christine Young