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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Oak Slug Sawfly

Caliroa quercuscoccineae

Not Evaluated

About

A slug-like sawfly larva that skeletonizes oak leaves in North America. Severe infestations cause browning of the canopy by midsummer.

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Did You Know?

The slimy larval coating deters most predators except for a few specialized parasitoid wasps.