Sawfly Larva ?

Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
edited June 3, 2008 in Holy Macro
Came across what I thought was a caterpillar larva but a little research has lead me to believe that it is a sawfly larva (perhaps birch sawfly). Can anyone help ID it?

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Jack
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  • canon400dcanon400d Banned Posts: 2,826 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2008
    Jack'll do wrote:
    Came across what I thought was a caterpillar larva but a little research has lead me to believe that it is a sawfly larva (perhaps birch sawfly). Can anyone help ID it?

    To me that is one excellent shot. I love everything about. Well done.clap.gif
    Regards
    Bob
    Reg
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2008
    Thanks for the kind remarks Bob.
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited June 1, 2008
    Here's another shot of one of them.
    C&C welcomed.

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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • Lord VetinariLord Vetinari Registered Users Posts: 15,901 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    Good captures- lovely colour and light. Not good on caterpillar IDs so not sure I can help there.

    Brian V.
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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    Jack'll do wrote:
    Came across what I thought was a caterpillar larva but a little research has lead me to believe that it is a sawfly larva (perhaps birch sawfly). Can anyone help ID it?

    Hi Jack, I Googled Sawfly Larvae and came up wit this link
    http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/aquilegia_sawfly.htm

    Your image looks like the Sawfly Larvae to me :D
    Did it have a good appetite? he's probably got brothers and sister on the same plant somewhere....... Skippy :D
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  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    Lord Vetinari wrote:
    Good captures- lovely colour and light. Not good on caterpillar IDs so not sure I can help there.

    Brian V.

    Thanks for the positive comments Brian. I am pretty sure they are sawfly larvae.
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • Jack'll doJack'll do Registered Users Posts: 2,977 Major grins
    edited June 2, 2008
    Skippy wrote:
    Hi Jack, I Googled Sawfly Larvae and came up wit this link
    http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/aquilegia_sawfly.htm

    Your image looks like the Sawfly Larvae to me :D
    Did it have a good appetite? he's probably got brothers and sister on the same plant somewhere....... Skippy :D
    .

    Thanks for the link Skippy. I too searched for info and it turns out there are a lot of different sawflys and hence different loking larvae. Each type seems to have a favorite tree or shrub to munch on. The ones in your link are green and about 15mm long. Mine are much paler (closer to whitish) and about 30mm long. Some have stripes and or spots. He/she did have a few friends on the tree.
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    Jack
    (My real name is John but Jack'll do)
  • macro junkiemacro junkie Registered Users Posts: 17 Big grins
    edited June 3, 2008
    mods..can u delete this post please.
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