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 hundreds of sawfly larva?
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| fleabag |
Posted on 29-03-2007 16:40
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 Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
Hi, Please could anyone help to id these? They were approx between 7-12mm,and the silk structure they lived in,near the end of a small branch of a young hawthorn,was about 10cm L+W and about 2-3 cm thick in the center. I found them in sussex UK,near farmland and mixed woodland. I had thought they might be moth catterpillars,but someone suggested sawfly larva? thankyou 
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| fleabag |
Posted on 29-03-2007 16:43
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Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
another shot
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| Sue Southway |
Posted on 29-03-2007 16:48
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Member Location: New Forest, Hampshire, UK Posts: 32 Joined: 07.03.07 |
You are right, they are lepidopteran, not symphytan, but beyond that I've no idea! Sue |
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| Xespok |
Posted on 29-03-2007 16:50
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 Member Location: Debrecen, Hungary Posts: 5551 Joined: 02.03.05 |
Sawfly larvae are never hairy to my knowledge. So Lepidoptera they are! But I can not tell you more than they belong to Noctuiodea, Arctiidae, Lymantriidae, Notodontidae are the most obvious candidates. Gabor Keresztes Japan Wildlife Gallery Carpathian Basin Wildlife Gallery |
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| lweit |
Posted on 29-03-2007 17:59
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Member Location: France, Département de la Moselle Posts: 609 Joined: 23.12.05 |
Hello Perhaps Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.) with red bowls on segment 6 and 7 ? Louis |
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| fleabag |
Posted on 29-03-2007 19:35
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Member Location: Sussex UK Posts: 183 Joined: 13.07.06 |
thanks for the helpful replies |
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