Photo Gallery: Sawflies
Sawfly larvae look like caterpillars but they are actually the larvae of primitive wasp-like insects that are part of the Hymenoptera order. Sawfly adults are also called “Stingless wasps” as they highly resemble wasps but they cannot sting.
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- Dogwood Sawfly Larvae on a dogwood (middle instar stage) (7/17/2020) (Photo courtesy of Susan; Monroe, ME) (compare with adjacent photos of the final two instar stages which are very different)
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- Dogwood Sawfly Larvae (nearing the final instar stage) (Naples, ME; 8/28/2023) (Photo courtesy of M. Shepard)
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- Dogwood Sawfly larvae [Photo courtesy of Val Libby, Blue Hill (Maine) on 1 Aug. 2021]
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- Final larval instar of the Dogwood Sawfly (Macremphytus testaceus) (August 9th, 2009; Medway, Maine)
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- Final larval instar of the Dogwood Sawfly (Macremphytus testaceus) (August 9th, 2009; Medway, Maine) (Similar to a White Pine Sawfly larva)
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- Elm Sawfly (larval stage) (7/27/2009; Pittsfield, ME)
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- Elm Sawfly (larval stage) (7/27/2009; Pittsfield, ME)
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- Elm Sawfly adult, resting on a pea plant (7/1/2020; Edgecomb, Maine) (Photo by E. Kerr)
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- European Apple Sawfly (larvae)
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- European Pine Sawfly larva
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- European Pine Sawfly larvae
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- Two European Pine Sawfly cocoons attached to a pine needle
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- Introduced Pine Sawfly larva (July 11, 2015) (central Maine)
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- Introduced Pine Sawfly larva (July, 2015)
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- Empty pupal case from an Introduced Pine Sawfly (8/31/2024; Gray, ME) (Photo courtesy of Jenni Cappello)
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- Introduced Pine Sawfly adult (Etna, ME; 4/15/2020)
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- Introduced Pine Sawfly adult (Etna, ME; 4/15/2020)
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- White Pine Sawfly larvae
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- White Pine Sawfly larva
Additional Photos and Information:
Sawflies (Univ. of Wisconsin Extension) | See also Sawflies (UMN Extension)
- Birch Sawfly (BugGuide.net)
- Elm Sawfly
- Dogwood Sawfly (Iowa State Univ Extension) (additional images, including the adult stage: BugGuide.net)
- Dusky Birch Sawfly (BugGuide.net)
- European Apple Sawfly
- European Pine Sawfly
- Introduced Pine Sawfly
- Red-headed Pine Sawfly (BugGuide.net)
- Sphacophilus cellularis (hosts: plants in the Convolvulaceae family; bindweed/morning glory)
- Striped Alder Sawfly (hosts include red alder, paper birch and willow)
- White Pine Sawfly
- Yellow-headed Spruce Sawfly (BugGuide.net)