Thread subject: Diptera.info :: hundreds of sawfly larva?
Posted by fleabag on 29-03-2007 17:40
#1
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:)
Posted by fleabag on 29-03-2007 17:43
#2
another shot
Posted by Sue Southway on 29-03-2007 17:48
#3
You are right, they are lepidopteran, not symphytan,
but beyond that I've no idea!
Sue
Posted by Xespok on 29-03-2007 17:50
#4
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.
Posted by lweit on 29-03-2007 18:59
#5
Hello
Perhaps Euproctis chrysorrhoea (L.) with red bowls on segment 6 and 7 ?
Louis
Posted by fleabag on 29-03-2007 20:35
#6
thanks for the helpful replies :)