Arthropods Daily – Issue No. 940: Cherry Slug Sawfly No. 940 |

Cherry Slug Sawfly
Cherry Slug Sawfly (Caliroa cerasi) – species of family “Common Sawflies“

The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, a nearly worldwide pest. They are not slugs but are a kind of sawfly of the family Tenthredinidae. The pear slug is an important pest that eats leaves of cherry, pear, and plum trees, leaving behind a skeleton of veins. The larvae cover themselves in green slime, making themselves unpalatable to predators. When the larvae are fully grown, they drop off the...

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

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„Cherry Slug Sawfly“ also appeared in the following editions of Arthropods Daily

Cherry Slug Sawfly

No. 1078 |

Cherry Slug Sawfly

The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, a nearly worldwide pest. They are not slugs but are a kind of sawfly of the family Tenthredinidae. The pear slug is an important pest that eats leaves of cherry, pear, and plum trees, leaving behind a skeleton of veins. The larvae cover themselves in green slime, making themselves unpalatable to predators. When the larvae are fully grown, they drop off the...

Cherry Slug Sawfly

No. 940 |

Cherry Slug Sawfly

The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, a nearly worldwide pest. They are not slugs but are a kind of sawfly of the family Tenthredinidae. The pear slug is an important pest that eats leaves of cherry, pear, and plum trees, leaving behind a skeleton of veins. The larvae cover themselves in green slime, making themselves unpalatable to predators. When the larvae are fully grown, they drop off the...

Cherry Slug Sawfly

No. 939 |

Cherry Slug Sawfly

The pear slug or cherry slug is the larva of the sawfly, Caliroa cerasi, a nearly worldwide pest. They are not slugs but are a kind of sawfly of the family Tenthredinidae. The pear slug is an important pest that eats leaves of cherry, pear, and plum trees, leaving behind a skeleton of veins. The larvae cover themselves in green slime, making themselves unpalatable to predators. When the larvae are fully grown, they drop off the...