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Pear sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

Pear sawfly

Lesley Ingram, Bugwood.org


Description: Up to 1/2 inch long. Shiny olive-green bodies that become lighter in color as they age.

Where/When: Feed on cherry, pear and occasionally on black cherry, hawthorn, mountain-ash, plum, quince and serviceberry. Present in late June and July and again in August and September.

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