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Can you identify this caterpillar?
Alan is correct. Lynn Havsall
I believe this is actually the larva of a sawfly, a wasp. My guess to species would be the Elm Sawfly, Cimbex americana. Sawfly larvae are frequently mistaken for caterpillars. –Alan Seamans
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Alan is correct.
Lynn Havsall
I believe this is actually the larva of a sawfly, a wasp. My guess to species would be the Elm Sawfly, Cimbex americana. Sawfly larvae are frequently mistaken for caterpillars.
–Alan Seamans