Tenthredinidae - little yellow worm thing

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Without my glasses I wouldn't have seen this little guy, or better said, I wouldn't have regognized this yellow thing as a ... well, some of you might think it is a caterpillar and I have thought wrong too.

Tenthredinidae
^{little yellow worm thing}

After I had not found any caterpillars which looked like this little yellow thing, I just called it "little yellow worm thing" until I realized, that I shouldn't have searched for caterpillars only. Not I am pretty sure that it is the Larvae of a Tenthredinidae which is a Sawfly, but I still haven't found the exact kind of Sawflies this larvae belongs to. Maybe it's a Redheaded Pine Sawfly, but that's just a guess and it's head is orange and not red.

So, my friends, please have yourself a look and if you know more, please let me know.

Hive: Fascinating Insects: Tenthredinidae - Sawfly Larvae

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^{Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm}

About a month ago I had a nice morning walk at the reservoir, when I saw something yellow on a flower, but I needed to put on my glasses to recognize this little beauty.

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^{Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm}

It climbed on the blossom below, but then it fell down on the ground and I couldn't find it again.

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^{Canon EOS R | SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM
ISO 100 . f/5.6 . 1/200 sec . @105 mm}

I know, it isn't really a worm, but I have seen this poem and I liked it 😉

The Worm

Dickie found a broken spade
And said he'd dig himself a well;
And then Charles took a piece of tin,
And I was digging with a shell.

Then Will said he would dig one too.
We shaped them out and made them wide,
And I dug up a piece of clod
That had a little worm inside.

We watched him pucker up himself
And stretch himself to walk away.
He tried to go inside the dirt,
But Dickie made him wait and stay.

His shining skin was soft and wet.
I poked him once to see him squirm.
And then Will said, "I wonder if
He knows that he's a worm."

And then we sat back on our feet
And wondered for a little bit.
And we forgot to dig our wells
Awhile, and tried to answer it.

And while we tried to find it out,
He puckered in a little wad,
And then he stretched himself again
And went back home inside the clod.

^{by Elizabeth Madox Roberts}

So, that was it for today, not I'm gonna hunt for some "J" words for the #AlphabetHunt hosted by Barbara @barbara-orenya in the Feel Good Community.

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Tenthredinidae - Wikipedia
Sawfly - Wikipedia

All photos were shot with the Canon EOS R and one of these lenses: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4 L IS USM, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 L STM, SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM, SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM C.

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