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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Leaf-Rolling Rose Sawfly

Blennocampa phyllocolpa

About

A tiny black sawfly that causes rose leaflets to roll downward into tight cylinders. The larva feeds inside the rolled leaf shelter.

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Did You Know?

The female injects a chemical into the leaf margin during egg-laying that causes the leaf to roll tightly, creating a protective tube for the developing larva.