The larvae of the Sawfly is a long, fleshy maggot.
There is one insect at least, or rather many, of which the Giant Sawfly may be taken as an example, which have ingeniously solved this problem.
Sawfly larvae can at once be recognized by the curious positions they assume, and by the number of pro-legs, which exceeds ten.
For all exposed sawfly larvae hellebore washes are most fatal, but they must not be used over ripe or ripening fruit, as the hellebore is poisonous.
Currant and gooseberry are also attacked by sawfly larvae (Nematus ribesii and N.
Defn: Any smooth, soft larva of a sawfly or moth which creeps like a mollusk; as, the pear slug; rose slug.
A small European sawfly (Cephus pygmæus) whose larva does great injury to wheat by boring in the stalks.
Several parasites, predators, and a virus attack the Virginia pine sawfly, but weather conditions seem to be primarily responsible for the drastic fluctuations in sawfly populations.
In the fall, sawfly larvae drop to the ground, spin cocoons in the duff or topsoil, and overwinter as prepupae in a small, brown cocoon.
An important natural control agent of this sawfly is a polyhedral virus disease that sometimes destroys large numbers of the larvae.
Hogs, armadillos, mice, and shrews are reported as being of significant value in regulating the sawfly population.
This pine sawfly is found throughout the southeast from Virginia to Texas.
These sawfly larvae need looking after and can be killed by spraying.
The Slug-worm is so called from the similarity of the larva of thissawfly to a small black slug.
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