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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Introduced Pine Sawfly

Diprion similis

Not Evaluated

About

A European sawfly introduced to North America that feeds on white pine and other five-needled pines. Larvae feed gregariously and can heavily defoliate trees.

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Did You Know?

It was first detected in Connecticut in 1914 and quickly spread across northeastern North America.