Common Sawflies (lat. Tenthredinidae)

Common Sawflies
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Tenthredinidae is the largest family of sawflies, with well over 7,500 species worldwide, divided into 430 genera. Larvae are typically herbivores and feed on the foliage of trees and shrubs, with occasional exceptions that are leaf miners, stem borers, or gall makers. The larvae of externally feeding species resemble small caterpillars. As with all hymenopterans, common sawflies undergo complete metamorphosis.

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Common Sawflies: species (4)
bristly rose sawfly
bristly rose sawfly

Taxonomy

The Tenthredinidae are divided into seven subfamilies. Of the 430 genera, nine contain more than 50 species.

Cherry Slug Sawfly
Cherry Slug Sawfly

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Arthropods Insects Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps Common Sawflies bristly rose sawfly Cherry Slug Sawfly Hazel Sawfly Yellow-spotted Macrophya

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bristly rose sawfly
bristly rose sawfly
Cherry Slug Sawfly
Cherry Slug Sawfly
Hazel Sawfly
Hazel Sawfly
Yellow-spotted Macrophya
Yellow-spotted Macrophya