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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Birch Leaf-Roller Sawfly

Pamphilius betulae

About

A flat-bodied sawfly with long, thread-like antennae and a broad abdomen. Larvae roll birch leaves into tubes using silk and feed inside these shelters.

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Did You Know?

The larva creates an elaborate rolled-leaf shelter that protects it from both predators and weather while it feeds inside.