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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Apple Sawfly

Hoplocampa testudinea

About

A small brown-and-yellow sawfly that is a significant pest of apple orchards. Larvae bore into developing apples, leaving characteristic ribbon-like scars on the fruit surface.

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Did You Know?

A single larva can destroy three to four developing fruits by boring through them, leaving a trail of frass-filled tunnels.