Sawflies

Sawflies are probably one of the most complexed insects in the Bee/Ant/Wasp Family.

They look like wasps, but they don't sting. They look like caterpillars, but they have extra legs and less eyes.

Here's a group of sawfly larvae:

Now, here's a monarch butterfly larvae:

Sawflies are insect pests and can destroy many trees as well as shrubs. But...there's many preadators to the sawfly such as chickadees, ants, tachnid flies, and even woodpeckers eat the sawfly larvae. Rodents such as shrews and mice eat the coccons of sawflies. And the adult sawfly has to be aware of wasps and spiders. Sometimes chemicals control the population of these sawflies.