Sawflies
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18 species
Rose Sawfly (larva) - approx. 2 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Genus: Arge
Species: Ochropus
Rose Sawfly - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Genus: Arge
Species: Ochropus
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)?
Genus: Monostegia?
Species: Abdominalis?
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Updated May 7 2018
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Updated May 7 2018
Hibiscus Sawfly - approx. 8 mm
Family: Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Genus: Atomacera
Species: Decepta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Cimbicid Sawfly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Cimbicidae (Cimbicid Sawflies)
Genus: Abia (also Zaraea)
Species: Fasciata
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)?
Genus: Dolerus?
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Sawfly - approx. 8 mm
Genus: Eutomostethus?
Species: Ephippium?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Locust Sawfly - approx. 7 mm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Nematus (Willow Sawflies)
Species: Tibialis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
With few exceptions, the larva of sawflies have 6 or more
pairs of prolegs while the larva of butterflies and moths
have up to 5 pairs
M. abdominalis is native to Europe
Sawfly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Eutomostethus
Species: Luteiventris
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)?
Genus: Dolerus?
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Same as above?
Same as below?
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2010
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - June 2008
Hibiscus Sawfly on Glandular Touch-me-not - approx. 8 mm - High Park - June 2010
Sawfly - approx. 8 mm - East Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - July 2008
Sawflly (Eutomostethus) on Cattail - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Charles Sauriol Conservation Area) - May 2008
Cimbicid Sawflly on Poison Ivy - approx. 1 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - May 2010
Locust Sawflly on Black Locust tree - approx. 7 mm - Thorncliffe Park - June 2012
Rose Sawfly - approx. 1.5 cm - Beaver Creek (Richmond Hill) - June 2012
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm - Beaver Creek (Richmond Hill) - May 2009
Tenthredo Sawfly - approx. 1 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Tenthredo
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Tenthredo Sawflly - approx. 1 cm - Toronto Music Garden - June 2017
Conifer Sawfly larvae - approx. 2 cm
Family: Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)
Genus: Neodiprion
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
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Updated July 10 2013
Conifer Sawfly larvae (Neodiprion) on Scots Pine - approx. 2 cm - Rouge Park - June 2013
Introduced Pine Sawfly larva - approx. 2.5 cm
Family: Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies)
Genus: Diprion
Species: Similis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Introduced Pine Sawfly larva - approx. 2.5 cm - Kortright Centre for Conservation - August 2017
Sawfly larva - approx. 1.3 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)?
Genus: Caliroa?
Species: Cerasi?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Sawflly larva - approx. 1.3 cm - Leslie Spit - July 2017
Arge species Sawfly (larva) - approx. 2 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Argidae (Argid Sawflies)
Genus: Arge
Species: ?
More Arge Sawflies
More Arge Sawflies
Updated May 7 2018
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
With few exceptions, the larva of sawflies have 6 or more
pairs of prolegs while the larva of butterflies and moths
have up to 5 pairs
Rose Sawfly (larva) on Rose species - approx. 2 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2008
Arge species Sawfly (larva) on Rose species - approx. 2 cm - High Park - June 2010
More Introduced Pine Sawflies
More Introduced Pine Sawflies
Updated September 26 2018
Black-headed Ash Sawfly larva - approx. 2.5 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Tethida
Species: Barda
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Black-headed Ash Sawfly larva on Ash - approx. 2.5 cm - Lynde Shores Conservation Area (Whitby) - June 2018
Sawfly larva - approx. 2.5 cm
Genus: Macrophya?
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Sawfly larva on Elderberry - approx. 2.5 cm - Lower Don Valley (Todmorden Mills) - July 2017
Sawfly larva - approx. 2 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Dimorphopteryx
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Sawfly larva on Oak - approx. 2 cm - York Regional Forest (North tract) - June 2018
More Dimorphopteryx Sawflies
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Updated September 26 2018
Sawfly larva - approx. 2.5 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Lagium
Species: Atroviolaceum
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Sawfly larva on Elderberry - approx. 2.5 cm - York Regional Forest (Eldred King tract) - September 2018
Curled Rose Sawfly (larva) - approx. 1.5 cm
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)
Genus: Allantus
Species: Cinctus?
More Curled Rose Sawflies
More Curled Rose Sawflies
Updated September 26 2018
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Curled Rose Sawfly (larva) on Rose species - approx. 1.5 cm - Leslie Spit - September 2017
Many similar species
Dolerus Sawfly - approx. 1 cm
Family: Tenthredinidae (Common Sawflies)?
Genus: Dolerus
Species: ?
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera (Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies)
Dolerus Sawfly - approx. 1 cm - Rouge Park (Twyn Rivers) - June 2019