CLOSED: ID please

Thunder Bay , Canada

First my apologies for the blurry picture. I think (hope anyway) there’s enough detail to determine what type of caterpillar this is. I found this curled up and the ants were bothering it so I picked it up and moved it onto some leaves. I’ve tried searching the net and cannot even find a picture of this one. It was roughly an inch long. There was just a single black stripe down the middle of its back.

Thumbnail by Jabeka
Minot, ND

It's not a caterpillar; it's a larva of an elm sawfly, Cimbex americana.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elm_sawfly_larva_(Cimbex_americana).jpg

Thunder Bay , Canada

Now that is super cool! Thank you Flapdoodle. I just finished reading up on this rather interesting creature.

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