Scarlet Oak Sawflies on Black Oak in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2013). Details from Richard Orr: "This is one of slug sawflies which are wasps and not caterpillars. Note that the feeding leaves the leaf with only the vein skeleton."
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Scarlet Oak Sawflies in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2013).
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Scarlet Oak Sawfly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/13/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Scarlet Oak Sawfly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/13/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Scarlet Oak Sawflies on Black Oak in Howard Co., Maryland (9/16/2013). Details from Richard Orr: "This is one of slug sawflies which are wasps and not caterpillars. Note that the feeding leaves the leaf with only the vein skeleton."
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Scarlet Oak Sawflies in Howard Co., Maryland (9/14/2013).
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Scarlet Oak Sawfly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/13/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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Scarlet Oak Sawfly in Garrett Co., Maryland (7/13/2023). (c) Mark Etheridge, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
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| Caliroa quercuscoccineae | |
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| larvae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Symphyta |
| Family: | Tenthredinidae |
| Genus: | Caliroa |
| Species: | C. quercuscoccineae
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| Binomial name | |
| Caliroa quercuscoccineae (Dyar)
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Caliroa quercuscoccineae, the scarlet oak sawfly or slug oak sawfly, is a species of sawfly in the family Tenthredinidae.[1]
Ecology
[edit]Larvae feed on a wide range of oaks, including pin, black, red, and white oaks, as well as its namesake scarlet oak.[2][3]
Range
[edit]This sawfly is a pest of oaks, and has been reported from Massachusetts through North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia.[4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Caliroa quercuscoccineae.
- ^ "Scarlet Oak Sawfly (Caliroa quercuscoccineae)". iNaturalist.
- ^ Boggs, Joe (June 6, 2019). "Caliroa quercuscoccineae Be Alert for Scarlet Oak Sawfly". Buckeye Yard and Garden onLine. OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
- ^ Nordin, G. L.; Johnson, E. L. (1983). "Biology of Caliroa Quercuscoccineae (Dyar) (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in Central Kentucky I. Observations on the Taxonomy of Principal Life Stages". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 56 (3): 305–314.
- ^ "Caliroa quercuscoccinae". Bugwoodwiki. University of Georgia. 2 February 2010.
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