Nature Done Wright

October 14, 2015

Last Week’s (Not) Caterpillar Mystery Answered

Lat week's mystery was the IDs of these three guys in Hawk Mountain's native plant garden last month — all within the span of about five minutes.

Dana Price responded that the first and third photos are both dogwood sawfly larvae- they're actually wasps. #2 is a milkweed tussock.

More about Dogwood Sawfly larvae here.

Thanks, Dana! Learn something new all the time. Crikey!