Photo Gallery: Sawflies (suborder Symphyta – also includes horntails and wood wasps)
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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 (resembles a large wasp) (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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Maple Wood Wasp (Xiphydria maculata) (Old Town, ME; 7/12/2025)
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Maple Wood Wasp (Xiphydria maculata) (Old Town, ME; 7/12/2025)
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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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Tenthredo grandis (Bangor, ME; 7/10/2025) (Photo courtesy of Dori McCormick)
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White Pine Sawfly larvae
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White Pine Sawfly larva
Sawflies belong to the insect Order Hymenoptera, making them relatives of ants, bees, and wasps. They are sometimes referred to as “plant wasps” and even more often as “stingless wasps” since they highly resemble wasps but do not sting. Sawflies
