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European pine sawfly

Neodiprion sertifer

Raspberry fruitworm larva

Jeff Hahn, University of Minnesota Extension


Description: 3/4 - 1 inch long. Black head and legs with gray green body with two light green and dark green or black stripes.

Where/When: Prefers the old needles of mugo, jack, red and Scot’s pine. Austrian, eastern white and ponderosa pines can also be attacked. Present May and June.

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